Hi,

dino99 wrote:
> but there are only two users afected since 2012;

Probably because it occurs rather seldom, but if it does, it can cause
quite some issues.

> none reported against newer version than 'precise',

Indeed. We only ran into it once. At least there was only once such
incident at our department I'm aware of.

> meaning that problem is not met and so 'fixed' as it is not a
> 'security' problem,

It's not a security problem on the machine, but it caused an security
incident here, because an e-journal provider filed an abuse complaint
at our department and I had to take the affected machine offline until
it was clear that this is "just" a bug and not a malicious (read
"DoS") attack.

So this bug can definitely cause effects that look like a DoS attack
to others.

> swith to 'incomplete' .

"Incomplete" is ok-ish IMHO. Nevertheless, I'd prefer to keep that bug
open at least until precise is gone, too.

                Regards, Axel
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