From: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
To: Alex Vong <alexvong1995@gmail.com>
Cc: 28294-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28294: [PATCH] gnu: libxml2: Fix CVE-2017-{0663, 7375, 7376, 9047, 9048, 9049, 9050}.
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 21:52:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k21jjyzy.fsf@fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y3q0ow9h.fsf@gmail.com>
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Alex Vong <alexvong1995@gmail.com> writes:
> Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> writes:
>
>> Alex Vong <alexvong1995@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Severity: important
>>> Tags: patch security
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> This patch fixes CVEs of libxml2. The changes to 'runtest.c' in
>>> 'libxml2-CVE-2017-9049+CVE-2017-9050.patch are removed since they
>>> introduce test failure. The changes only enable new tests so it should
>>> be fine to remove them.
>>
>> Thanks for this! I think we have to graft this fix since changing
>> 'libxml2' would rebuild 2/3 of the tree. Can you try that?
>>
>> PS: Do you have a Savannah account? I'm sure Ludo or someone can add
>> you given the steady rate of quality commits.
>
> Sure, here is the new patch:
Pushed, thanks! I added tabs before the line breaks in gnu/local.mk,
but otherwise untouched.
Side note: I think we should start adding patches as origins instead of
copying them wholesale, to try and keep the git repository slim.
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-08-30 13:31 [bug#28294] [PATCH] gnu: libxml2: Fix CVE-2017-{0663, 7375, 7376, 9047, 9048, 9049, 9050} Alex Vong
2017-08-30 18:57 ` Marius Bakke
2017-08-31 10:40 ` Alex Vong
2017-08-31 19:52 ` Marius Bakke [this message]
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