On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Daniel Svensson <dsvens...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Daniel Pocock <dan...@pocock.com.au> wrote:
>> Package: xmms2-core
>> Version: 0.7DrNo+dfsg-2
>> Severity: grave
>>
>> I've chosen the severity `grave' as it is suggested for issues that
>> could "introduce a security hole allowing access to the accounts of
>> users who use the package"
>> http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities
>>
>> Details:
>>
>> - in the default configuration, xmms2d is secured using UNIX domain
>> sockets, this is reasonably secure
>>
>> - however, users may be tempted to enable TCP mode, which has no
>> security at all
>
> Maybe you could add an apt question if the user is a licensed computer driver?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Computer_Driving_Licence

A more serious reply... patches accepted for the man page. It would be
totally ok if you want to warn that if you open a socket that has no
authorization what so ever, any person can connect to it and do the
same thing as you can do.

-- 
Daniel Svensson



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