[Bug 35528] Re: [Bug 35528] Re: security hole in 2.0.2/2.0.3

2006-08-24 Thread Dennis Kaarsemaker
Well, for security issues that are remotely exploitable I'd say yes. If someone prepares fixed packages or requests backports (just open a dapper-backports task on this bug) the bug can be closed. -- security hole in 2.0.2/2.0.3 https://launchpad.net/bugs/35528 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubunt

[Bug 35528] Re: [Bug 35528] Re: security hole in 2.0.2/2.0.3

2006-08-24 Thread Dennis Kaarsemaker
> So what I should be doing, if I understand the two channels correctly, > and if the bug is severe enough, is to add a dapper-security task to > this bug. Is that correct? Actually, I would not consider this bug 'fix released' without a fix in all supported distros. But since the package is in un

[Bug 35528] Re: [Bug 35528] Re: security hole in 2.0.2/2.0.3

2006-08-23 Thread Dennis Kaarsemaker
> I don't know what Dapper's security policy is, so I can't be specific, > but wouldn't a potential remote exploit pretty much automatically > qualify for a backport? A backport requires that the source package builds without modification on dapper. If that's not the case, a fixed package will ne