Re: [Bug 1462787] [NEW] Feature request: support for pulling packages from -security and -updates

2015-06-20 Thread michagogo
The attack scenario is as follows: 1. A user creates a new Ubuntu installation with debootstrap. 2. The user assumes that, because they're fetching all the packages online from the server, they're getting the latest versions and don't need to upgrade immediately. 3. The user is attacked via

[Bug 1462787] [NEW] Feature request: support for pulling packages from -security and -updates

2015-06-07 Thread michagogo
*** This bug is a security vulnerability *** Public security bug reported: It doesn't really make sense that when using debootstrap to create an Ubuntu chroot|container|directory|installation|whatever, old versions of packages will be installed, rather than the latest versions from the archives.