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From: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
To: Eric Bavier <ericbavier@openmailbox.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] gnu: cracklib: Fix CVE-2016-6318.
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:06:35 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160823210635.GA23942@jasmine> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160817044429.qawlaeuly3hiwcod@jasmine>

On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 12:44:29AM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 11:29:11PM -0500, Eric Bavier wrote:
> > On Tue, 16 Aug 2016 22:49:55 -0400
> > Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> wrote:
> > 
> > > * gnu/packages/patches/cracklib-CVE-2016-6318.patch: New file.
> > > * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
> > > * gnu/packages/password-utils.scm (cracklib)[source]: Use the patch.
> > > ---
> > >  gnu/local.mk                                      |  1 +
> > >  gnu/packages/password-utils.scm                   |  2 +
> > >  gnu/packages/patches/cracklib-CVE-2016-6318.patch | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  3 files changed, 98 insertions(+)
> > >  create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/cracklib-CVE-2016-6318.patch
> > 
> > LGTM! Thanks for getting the patch so quick.
> 
> Thanks for the fast review! Pushed as 53dcbbec07c

It seems this story is not over. SuSE identified another buffer
overflow:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q3/370

What do people think of the patch linked from that message?

      reply	other threads:[~2016-08-23 21:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-08-17  2:49 [PATCH 0/1] Cracklib security CVE-2016-6318 Leo Famulari
2016-08-17  2:49 ` [PATCH 1/1] gnu: cracklib: Fix CVE-2016-6318 Leo Famulari
2016-08-17  4:29   ` Eric Bavier
2016-08-17  4:44     ` Leo Famulari
2016-08-23 21:06       ` Leo Famulari [this message]

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