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--- Begin Message ---Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org Usertags: unblock Short version: Please unblock file 1:5.22+15-1 It entered unstable a few weeks ago, I did extensive testing before upoading and no issues have been reported. However, switching to a new upstream version still requires a longer explanation. Since the latest version in jessie (1:5.20-2), at least six¹ security issues were fixed upstream. The usual way to handle this in Debian was to cherry-pick the relevant commits from upstream. Together with the required prerequsites, this would have resulted in some 18 commits to add to the patch queue, creating a complex start for file in jessie. My decision to forward to a new upstream version (plus some more commits) instead was also driven by the experience of backporting fixes for wheezy and squeeze-lts which became quite complex, always carrying the risk of introducing new bugs. For jessie, I'd like to start at a late point so fixing future security bugs will be easier. Note, I have not attached the debdiff as it's rather huge, some 69k lines. I will hand it in later upon request. Kind regards, Christoph ¹ <https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/file> Unless noted in the tracker, the sid version of file does contain the fix for CVE-2014-9653. Upstream fix is commit 445c8fb (FILE5_21-10-g445c8fb) which is included in 5.22.
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--- Begin Message ---Hi, On Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 08:30:12AM +0100, Christoph Biedl wrote: > while finally preparing an answer I noticed somebody unblocked the > file package for jessie without further discussion. Whoever pulled the > strings, thanks a lot. And I hope this will not end in regressions or > other annoyances. There was a request by the security team for this. I unblocked it based on that, but didn't notice there was a pending unblock request tagged moreinfo, so I forgot to close it. Doing so now. Cheers, Ivo
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