Package: link-grammar
Version: 4.3.9-2
Severity: normal
Tags: patch, security
User: ubuntu-de...@lists.ubuntu.com
Usertags: origin-ubuntu karmic ubuntu-patch

Hi!

Since link-grammar uses nested functions, it has an executable stack which
pollutes any program that loads it.  Upstream fixed[1] this last year.
Can either a new version (4.5.8) be packaged, or can you apply this
patch to solve the issue?

Ubuntu's bug: https://launchpad.net/bugs/409766
Upstream bug: http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12307

Thanks!

-Kees

[1] 
http://www.abisource.com/viewvc/link-grammar/trunk/link-grammar/analyze-linkage.c?r1=25099&r2=25137

-- 
Kees Cook                                            @debian.org



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