Bug#726393: general: Possible malware infections in source packages

2013-10-15 Thread Jarkko Palviainen
Package: general Severity: normal Some of the source packages were caught on a gateway anti-virus scanner while downloading. These are the exact downloads: http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libm/libmime-explode-perl/libmime- explode-perl_0.39.orig.tar.gz http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/p

Bug#726393: general: Possible malware infections in source packages

2013-10-15 Thread Jarkko Palviainen
rce package will give you this nice surprise. In most cases, samples can be replaced with EICAR or equivalent to trigger the expected result, or tested with unit tests and proper mocking. -- Jarkko Palviainen Software Engineer, Linux Team F-Secure Corporation -- To UNSUBSCRI