Ubuntu
eterm package

Please Merge eterm 0.9.4.0debian1-2.1 (universe) from Debian unstable (main).

Bug #228871 reported by Emanuele Gentili
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
eterm (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
Andrea Colangelo

Bug Description

Binary package hint: eterm

Please sync eterm 0.9.4.0debian1-2.1 (universe) from Debian unstable (main).

Explanation of the Ubuntu delta and why it can be dropped:

Debian sync to Ubuntu (debian adopted ubuntu/upstream security patch)

Changelog since current intrepid version 0.9.4.0debian1-2ubuntu3:

eterm (0.9.4.0debian1-2.1) unstable; urgency=high

  * Non-maintainer upload by the Security Team.
  * Fix opening the terminal on display :0 if no DISPLAY environment
    variable is specified to prevent local attackers from highjacking
    X11 connections in certain environments (CVE-2008-1692; Closes: #473127)

 -- Nico Golde <email address hidden> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:15:59 +0200

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/karmic/eterm

CVE References

Emanuele Gentili (emgent)
Changed in eterm:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Revision history for this message
Andrea Colangelo (warp10) wrote :

Why can we drop the changes to src/windows.c?

Changed in eterm:
status: New → Incomplete
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Emanuele Gentili (emgent) wrote :

True Andrea, attaching debdiff for merge.

Changed in eterm:
status: Incomplete → New
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Emanuele Gentili (emgent) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Andrea Colangelo (warp10) wrote :

Uploaded. Thanks! ;-)

Changed in eterm:
assignee: nobody → warp10
status: New → In Progress
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package eterm - 0.9.4.0debian1-2.1ubuntu1

---------------
eterm (0.9.4.0debian1-2.1ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Merge from debian unstable, remaining changes: (LP: #228871)
   + Don't set override_redirect for KDE. It causes borderless
     Eterms to refuse focus.
   + Modify Maintainer value to match the DebianMaintainerField
     specification.
   + Add Homepage field.
   + Bump standards version to 3.7.3.

eterm (0.9.4.0debian1-2.1) unstable; urgency=high

  * Non-maintainer upload by the Security Team.
  * Fix opening the terminal on display :0 if no DISPLAY environment
    variable is specified to prevent local attackers from highjacking
    X11 connections in certain environments (CVE-2008-1692; Closes: #473127)

 -- Emanuele Gentili <email address hidden> Sat, 10 May 2008 13:41:03 +0200

Changed in eterm:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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