Bug#689562: utempter: Allows fake host setting

2012-10-06 Thread paul . szabo
he error. Perhaps, just log the IP address when the hostname looks bad? (The IP address is (should be) also logged separately either way.) Cheers, Paul Paul Szabo p...@maths.usyd.edu.au http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/ School of Mathematics and Statistics University of S

Bug#689562: utempter: Allows fake host setting

2012-10-04 Thread paul . szabo
issue". (Only reference I found, so far.) Should this broken behaviour be documented, maybe? Are there any utilities that depend on a correct utmp? If not, why do we bother updating it? Cheers, Paul Paul Szabo p...@maths.usyd.edu.au http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/ School of Mathe

Bug#689562: /usr/lib/utempter/utempter: Allows fake host setting

2012-10-03 Thread Paul Szabo
f("DONE\n"); } psz@bari:~$ cc silly.c; a.out open ptmx returned 3 doing utempter add checking who psz pts/29 Oct 4 11:48 (xyz) r00t pts/0Jan 1 01:02 (xyz.com) doing utempter del checking who DONE psz@bari:~$ Please see also: http://bugs.debian.org/329156 http://b

Bug#584052: kdelibs4c2a: Security bugs in ghostscript

2010-05-31 Thread Paul Szabo
security of this package, and fix if needed. Thanks, Paul Szabo p...@maths.usyd.edu.au http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/ School of Mathematics and Statistics University of SydneyAustralia -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.4 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 's

Bug#584016: kghostview: Security bugs in ghostscript

2010-05-31 Thread Paul Szabo
security of this package, and fix if needed. Thanks, Paul Szabo p...@maths.usyd.edu.au http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/ School of Mathematics and Statistics University of SydneyAustralia -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.4 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 's