Sync cracklib2 2.9.2-3 (main) from Debian unstable (main)

Bug #1617155 reported by Jeremy Bícha
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cracklib2 (Debian)
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Bug Description

Please sync cracklib2 2.9.2-3 (main) from Debian unstable (main)

Changelog entries since current yakkety version 2.9.2-1build2:

cracklib2 (2.9.2-3) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Fix "Buffer overflow processing long words" by applying patch from
    https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/Base:System/cracklib/
    0004-overflow-processing-long-words.patch (Closes: #835386)
  * remove obsolete debian/pycompat
  * change Vcs-* fields to https variants
  * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.8 (no changes)
  * Fix "FTCBFS: invokes host-arch executable cracklib-packer" by applying
    Helmut Grohne's patch to fix cross compilation (Closes: #792860)

 -- Jan Dittberner <email address hidden> Thu, 25 Aug 2016 17:29:17 +0200

cracklib2 (2.9.2-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Fix "CVE-2016-6318: Stack-based buffer overflow when parsing large
    GECOS field" by applying patch by Salvatore Bonaccorso (Closes: #834502)

 -- Jan Dittberner <email address hidden> Tue, 23 Aug 2016 18:50:44 +0200

CVE References

Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)
Changed in cracklib2 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
information type: Public → Public Security
Changed in cracklib2 (Debian):
status: Unknown → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package cracklib2 - 2.9.2-3
Sponsored for Jeremy Bicha (jbicha)

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cracklib2 (2.9.2-3) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Fix "Buffer overflow processing long words" by applying patch from
    https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/Base:System/cracklib/
    0004-overflow-processing-long-words.patch (Closes: #835386)
  * remove obsolete debian/pycompat
  * change Vcs-* fields to https variants
  * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.8 (no changes)
  * Fix "FTCBFS: invokes host-arch executable cracklib-packer" by applying
    Helmut Grohne's patch to fix cross compilation (Closes: #792860)

 -- Jan Dittberner <email address hidden> Thu, 25 Aug 2016 17:29:17 +0200

cracklib2 (2.9.2-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Fix "CVE-2016-6318: Stack-based buffer overflow when parsing large
    GECOS field" by applying patch by Salvatore Bonaccorso (Closes: #834502)

 -- Jan Dittberner <email address hidden> Tue, 23 Aug 2016 18:50:44 +0200

Changed in cracklib2 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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