ufw before6.rules adds echo-request and echo-response rules to wrong chain

The default before6.rules file that is installed with the ufw package contains a copy/paste error. It is apparent that the intention is to add rules for echo-request and echo-response to the following chains:

ufw6-before-input
ufw6-before-output
ufw6-before-forward

However there is a copy/paste error and instead of adding the rules to ufw6-before-output, it adds it to ufw6-before-input a second time. The result is that the rules are absent from ufw6-before-output.

The file that needs to be fixed in the package is: /usr/share/ufw/iptables/before6.rules

Here is what diff -u shows if I compare the original file to the corrected version:

--- /usr/share/ufw/iptables/before6.rules 2016-04-15 17:16:29.000000000 +1200
+++ ufw_fixed_before6.rules 2016-10-15 23:00:57.763041239 +1300
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@
 -A ufw6-before-output -p icmpv6 --icmpv6-type time-exceeded -j ACCEPT
 # codes 0-2
 -A ufw6-before-output -p icmpv6 --icmpv6-type parameter-problem -j ACCEPT
--A ufw6-before-input -p icmpv6 --icmpv6-type echo-request -j ACCEPT
--A ufw6-before-input -p icmpv6 --icmpv6-type echo-reply -j ACCEPT
+-A ufw6-before-output -p icmpv6 --icmpv6-type echo-request -j ACCEPT
+-A ufw6-before-output -p icmpv6 --icmpv6-type echo-reply -j ACCEPT
 -A ufw6-before-output -p icmpv6 --icmpv6-type router-solicitation -m hl --hl-eq 255 -j ACCEPT
 -A ufw6-before-output -p icmpv6 --icmpv6-type neighbor-advertisement -m hl --hl-eq 255 -j ACCEPT
 -A ufw6-before-output -p icmpv6 --icmpv6-type neighbor-solicitation -m hl --hl-eq 255 -j ACCEPT

The impact of this error is minor because the ufw.conf file sets the default outbound policy to accept:
DEFAULT_OUTPUT_POLICY="ACCEPT"

Of course if anyone changed the default outbound policy then the error would mean that pings made from the server to other machines would be blocked.

I will attach the original and my fixed version of before6.rules to this bug report.

Thanks for taking the time to look at this issue.

Nick.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: ufw 0.35-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-22.24-generic 4.8.0
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-22-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Oct 15 23:09:04 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-14 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release i386 (20161012.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ufw
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)