[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#751586: python-biopython: tests are run with HOME=/tmp

Andreas Tille tille at debian.org
Sat Jun 14 19:50:40 UTC 2014


Hi,

thanks for your security check.

On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 04:11:47PM +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> Source: python-biopython
> Version: 1.64+dfsg-1
> Tags: security
> 
> This package runs tests with HOME to to /tmp. But software that
> creates files in $HOME (including Biopython itself) expect that this
> directory is only writable by trusted users, whereas /tmp is
> world-writable.

Would you agree that this problem is fixed by commit revision 17161[1]

Kind regards

       Andreas.

[1]  http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/debian-med?view=revision&revision=17161 

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