Package: pigz
Tags: security
Version: 2.1.6-1

Wolfram Schneider reported a possible DoS in pigz shipped with stable.
> there is a possible DoS in pigz 2.1.6
> man bash|gzip|head -c 23456 | pigz  -t
> ^C
> pigz runs now forever ;-(
> can you please upgrade pigz? The bug was fixed in pigz 2.1.7 or later.

If you think it is possible to port a minimal patch from 2.1.7, please fix this 
through a point update.

Cheers,
luciano



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