Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-07-16 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Olivier Berger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hi. > > Just to let you know I have included all translations updates (+ tickets > tagged as pending), tested again and improved slight bits of the > package, and prepared a NMU 4.1.2-3.2 source package I just sent to > Christian Perrier for upload.

Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-07-16 Thread Olivier Berger
Hi. Just to let you know I have included all translations updates (+ tickets tagged as pending), tested again and improved slight bits of the package, and prepared a NMU 4.1.2-3.2 source package I just sent to Christian Perrier for upload. I hope it fixes those pending issues and will make its wa

Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-06-30 Thread Olivier Berger
Le samedi 28 juin 2008 à 14:52 +0200, Christian Perrier a écrit : > Quoting Olivier Berger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > OK. > > > > I've done some more tests, and changed some bits again in the templates > > (and scripts), to adjust to latest maintainer's (and others') remarks, > > and hope to have so

Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-06-28 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Olivier Berger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > OK. > > I've done some more tests, and changed some bits again in the templates > (and scripts), to adjust to latest maintainer's (and others') remarks, > and hope to have something stable now to be able to provide a fix for > this bug (and update of t

Bug#485562: Preparation of next package and : Re: Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-06-28 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Olivier Berger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I guess that if you provide a 4.2 package soon, at the same time as the > patch for 4.1.2 is prepared, uploading by your sponsor should be > coordinated with Christian Perrier's one, to avoir locking each-other. > I'd propose 4.1.2-3.2 to be going to t

Bug#485562: Preparation of next package and : Re: Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-06-28 Thread Olivier Berger
(keeping [EMAIL PROTECTED] out of the CCs as I think this becomes quite specific to twiki's packaging and not so much about translations) Le samedi 28 juin 2008 à 18:04 +1000, Sven Dowideit a écrit : > I would suggest using 'TWiki Configure User & Password' and setting the > configure save pwd to

Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-06-28 Thread Olivier Berger
Le samedi 28 juin 2008 à 08:37 +0100, Justin B Rye a écrit : > Olivier Berger wrote: > > *Should be "apache" in all three.* > > > > By "apache user", I mean something which relates to Require user in the > > apache.conf section of the 'configure' script... of course, this assumes > > that it's run

Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-06-28 Thread Sven Dowideit
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I was hoping to have time for this today, but it seems not to be. I would suggest using 'TWiki Configure User & Password' and setting the configure save pwd to the same thing. (and making the username for it 'admin') That way it will not need to chan

Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-06-28 Thread Justin B Rye
Olivier Berger wrote: > *Should be "apache" in all three.* > > By "apache user", I mean something which relates to Require user in the > apache.conf section of the 'configure' script... of course, this assumes > that it's running apache and no other web server ;) > > In any case, that's meant to

Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-06-27 Thread Olivier Berger
Le vendredi 27 juin 2008 à 19:22 +0200, Christian Perrier a écrit : > Quoting Olivier Berger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > I think that the twiki/apacheUserCreationNote becomes useless now. > > > It is needed by the following bit of code: > > > > > > # add info due to 3-4 bug reports > > > db_inpu

Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-06-27 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Olivier Berger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I think that the twiki/apacheUserCreationNote becomes useless now. > > It is needed by the following bit of code: > > > > # add info due to 3-4 bug reports > > db_input high twiki/apacheUserCreationNote || true > > > > > > This is clear and blatant

Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-06-27 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Olivier Berger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > P.S.: will 10 days be enough ? ;) For the translation update round, yes, imho. If you've settled on a last version from the exchanges with Justin (and my last comment about the debconf note where as I said, I leave it up to you to decide), then plea

Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-06-27 Thread Olivier Berger
Le vendredi 27 juin 2008 à 15:18 +0100, Justin B Rye a écrit : > > Template: twiki/configuser > > Type: string > > Default: configuser > > #flag:comment:2 > > # Translators, do not translate "'configure'" script's name > > _Description: Apache user allowed access to 'configure' script >

Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-06-27 Thread Justin B Rye
Olivier Berger wrote: > I propose a new version of the templates, in attachment, due to several > changes that I think were problematic. My explanations bellow on why. Well, I suspected I was out of my depth, and now I know. > Template: twiki/configuser > Type: string > Default: configuser > #fla

Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-06-27 Thread Olivier Berger
Hi. Thanks for the suggestions for the templates, and your comments. I propose a new version of the templates, in attachment, due to several changes that I think were problematic. My explanations bellow on why. I hope it's syntaxically correct, as I didn't test it in a new package. Le vendredi

Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-06-26 Thread Christian Perrier
(Justin's mail was sent to dle only. It is quoted at the end of this answer) Quoting Justin B Rye ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Christian Perrier wrote: > > OK, as there are templates changes, this is a good occasion to review > > the entire templates set for this package, as it doesn't follow the > > us

Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-06-26 Thread Christian Perrier
(dsebian-l10n-english CC'ed) > I have put some more efforts in trying to propose a cleaner fix for that > bug. > > You'll find the improved patch to be applied to the package's sources in > attachment. > > Note that it now manages debconf better, asking password twice, and > comparing inputs. >

Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-06-25 Thread Olivier Berger
Le mercredi 11 juin 2008 à 15:48 +0200, Olivier Berger a écrit : > Hello. > > I assume that my RTFM argument made its point, and the realty of the > issue is acknowledged, so I'm trying get back to the proposal for a > solution. > SNIP > I have reviewed my previous proposed patch, and am proposi

Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-06-11 Thread Olivier Berger
Hello. I assume that my RTFM argument made its point, and the realty of the issue is acknowledged, so I'm trying get back to the proposal for a solution. As the maintainer seems reactive, there may no longer be a need for a NMU (which I proposed when I received no reaction to my initial private r

Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-06-10 Thread Olivier Berger
Le mardi 10 juin 2008 à 18:53 +1000, Sven Dowideit a écrit : > I still contend that > > "Allow from 127.0.0.1" > > does _not_ constitute open to anyone on the internet. Right. But see bellow... > While hard coding > TWikiGuest with a password of guest is not in any sense a good thing, > fro

Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-06-10 Thread Sven Dowideit
I still contend that "Allow from 127.0.0.1" does _not_ constitute open to anyone on the internet. While hard coding TWikiGuest with a password of guest is not in any sense a good thing, from what I've noticed of other debian packages (and the fact that this was the case when I inherited the

Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-06-10 Thread Olivier Berger
Le mardi 10 juin 2008 à 17:39 +1000, Sven Dowideit a écrit : > odd, > > I'm under the impression that I did respond, and indicated taht I don't > see it as a major issue. OK, here I strongly disagree. You say you don't see as a "major issue" that anyone on the Internet can access and change a

Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-06-10 Thread Sven Dowideit
Also, the patch was found, by you to be defective. So I was expecting to see another round. Olivier Berger wrote: Package: twiki Version: 1:4.1.2-3.1 Severity: grave Tags: security Justification: user security hole In current state of the Debian package, if nothing is changed manually to the

Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-06-10 Thread Sven Dowideit
odd, I'm under the impression that I did respond, and indicated taht I don't see it as a major issue. no-one on the security team suggested it was either, leading me to believe that we had a consensus. Sven Olivier Berger wrote: Package: twiki Version: 1:4.1.2-3.1 Severity: grave Tags: sec

Bug#485562: twiki: configure script access badly protected

2008-06-10 Thread Olivier Berger
Package: twiki Version: 1:4.1.2-3.1 Severity: grave Tags: security Justification: user security hole In current state of the Debian package, if nothing is changed manually to the default setup configured by the package, then TWiki's configure script is accessible easily to unauthorized people, t