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Re: Bug#12127: Awful security problem with libdb !

On Saturday, August 16, Ian Jackson wrote
> 
> See the transcripts below and the message from Thomas Roessler on
> linux-security.  Basically, some complete and utter idiot put an
> implementation of [v]snprintf in libdb which just calls [v]sprintf,
> without any bounds checking !
> 

Yeah. <sarcasm>Nice, itn't it?</sarcasm>

It's old news, though. The fix is mentionned on the security page. Upgrade
to version 1.85.4-4, available in bo-updates. (And available in stable as
soon as Brian gets back from vacation.)

Thanks,

  Christian

PS I'm closing the bug report. The package is fixed and the mantainer can't
do anything to help it move faster from bo-updates to stable.

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