Bug#727708: systemd (security) bugs (was: init system question)

2013-11-28 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 11:15:09PM +0100, Michael Stapelberg wrote: > > I should say that it is hard to write code with no security bugs at > > all. But I think our benchmark for security bugs in our init system > > ought to be "very few", particularly if we are making a specific > > implementatio

Bug#727708: systemd (security) bugs (was: init system question)

2013-11-28 Thread Michael Stapelberg
Hi Ian, Ian Jackson writes: >> CVE summary Debian BTS Redhat >> 2012-0871systemd-logind insecure file creation ? 795853 >> 2012-1101DoS from systemctl status 662029 799902 >> 2012-1174TOCTOU deletion

Bug#727708: systemd (security) bugs (was: init system question)

2013-11-28 Thread Uoti Urpala
Ian Jackson wrote: > It isn't always 100% clear to me from reading these which of them > apply to systemd's init replacement. But reading the systemd debate > page makes it clear that the other components in the systemd upstream > package are seen by systemd proponents as part of their offering, a

Bug#727708: systemd (security) bugs (was: init system question)

2013-11-28 Thread Ian Jackson
Andrew Kanaber : > The debian-devel post I was thinking of is > <441543.92540...@smtp118.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> > but it actually only mentions three vulnerabilities, there's a more complete > list of the ones that have affected Debian at > https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/

Bug#727708: systemd (security) bugs (was: init system question)

2013-11-28 Thread Ian Jackson
A friend of mine mentioned to me in the pub that he had seem alarming reports of systemd security bugs. Naturally I asked for more information and he promised me an email with some references. So, here's what Andrew sent me. Thanks to Andrew for doing this legwork. I'll reply substantively in a

Bug#727708: init system question before the technical committee

2013-11-28 Thread Marko Randjelovic
On Wed, 27 Nov 2013 19:50:54 + Steven Chamberlain wrote: > The sysvinit page doesn't have a specific maintainer/advocate. It is a > collection of opinions from discussion on debian-devel@ and elsewhere. > Other camps have already responded to parts they don't agree with. > > Unless any volu