Bug#527952: system-tools-backends: CVE-2008-6792 limiting effective password length to 8 characters

Hi, NMU is about to hit unstable and s-p-u. I've added the attached patch to the quilt series. Regards, Jan Add fix for CVE 2008-6792 and another related bug in do_get_use_md5(). -- James Westby james.wes...@canonical.com -- Jan Christoph Nordholz he...@pool.math.tu-berlin.de ---

Bug#527952: system-tools-backends: CVE-2008-6792 limiting effective password length to 8 characters

Package: system-tools-backends Severity: grave Tags: security patch Hi, the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities Exposures) id was published for system-tools-backends. CVE-2008-6792[0]: | system-tools-backends before 2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1 in Ubuntu 8.10, as used | by Users and Groups in GNOME