[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#834326: jessie-pu: package gnupg/1.4.18-7+deb8u2

[Adam D. Barratt]

Control: tags -1 + pending

Hi,

On Fri, 2016-09-02 at 22:50 +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> Hi Adam,
> 
> On Fri, Sep 02, 2016 at 09:10:48PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> > Control: tags -1 - moreinfo
> > 
> > On Fri, 2016-09-02 at 20:58 +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Adam D. Barratt <adam at adam-barratt.org.uk> (2016-09-02):
> > > > On Thu, 2016-08-18 at 07:25 +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> > > > > Control: retitle -1 jessie-pu: package gnupg/1.4.18-7+deb8u3
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 03:58:28PM +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> > > > > > I would like to propose the following hardening to src:gnupg which was
> > > > > > found during the analysis of a vulnerability report to the security team
> > > > > > and related to
> > > > > > https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/usenixsecurity16/sec16_paper_razavi.pdf
> > > > > > and developed by NIIBE Yutaka. The underlying problem in hardware cannot
> > > > > > be solved in software (and thus we don't want to issue a DSA for it, and
> > > > > > give possibly this false impression), and as pointed out by Florian
> > > > > > there are some other open questions regarding the paper and the attacks
> > > > > > described there.
> > > > [...]
> > > > > This all stil holds, but I have rebased the patch on top of the update
> > > > > via jessie-security.
> > > > 
> > > > Overall I think I'm happy to trust the maintainers on this, but would
> > > > like a KiBi-ack due to d-i making use of at least gpgv.
> > > 
> > > Yeah, looks sane enough; I'd be slightly happier if it could reach p-u
> > > sooner rather than later (ideally before the 8th), just to make sure
> > > nothing explodes within d-i.
> > 
> > Thanks. Salvatore, please feel free to upload.
> 
> Thanks, uploaded!

Flagged for acceptance into p-u; thanks.

Regards,

Adam