control: reassign -1 glibc-doc-reference
control: severity -1 normal

On 2017-11-21 12:38, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 10:14 PM, Aurelien Jarno <aurel...@aurel32.net> wrote:
> > On 2017-11-20 20:51, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> >> Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org:
> >>
> >> > # match possible intention of reporter
> >> > reassign 882223 glibc-doc
> >> Bug #882223 [manpages-dev] Document security problems with system.3 and 
> >> popen.3 (argument injection)
> >> Bug reassigned from package 'manpages-dev' to 'glibc-doc'.
> >> No longer marked as found in versions manpages/4.13-3.
> >> Ignoring request to alter fixed versions of bug #882223 to the same values 
> >> previously set
> >> > thanks
> >> Stopping processing here.
> >
> > Can you please point us to what has to be fixed on the glibc-doc side?
> > The system.3 and popen.3 manpages are part of manpages-dev, not
> > glibc-doc.
> 
> Online copy here:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Pipe-to-a-Subprocess.html#Pipe-to-a-Subprocess
> https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Running-a-Command.html#index-system
> 
> Does not mention security problems...
> 
> 
> https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Line-Input.html#index-gets
> for instance mention security problem

This manual is non-free, so it's clearly not glibc-doc, but
glibc-doc-reference. Please check the content of packages before
reporting bug, also please avoid abusing severity even if you are upset
by the issue. Patches are welcome.

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Aurelien Jarno                          GPG: 4096R/1DDD8C9B
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