lfam pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.
commit 1194575b3c44969e4f68cd10a62e6ed8603e39b4
Author: Leo Famulari <[email protected]>
Date: Mon Dec 26 19:49:27 2016 -0500
gnu: python-pycrypto: Add TODO "removal" comment.
* gnu/packages/python.scm (python-pycrypto, python2-pycrypto): Add
comment.
---
gnu/packages/python.scm | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 2ddd119..dd3ef8f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -907,7 +907,13 @@ Python 3 support.")
(define-public python2-setuptools
(package-with-python2 python-setuptools))
-
+;;; Pycrypto is abandoned upstream [0] and contains at least one bug that can
be
+;;; exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution [1].
+;;;
+;;; TODO Remove this package from GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; [0] https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/issues/173
+;;; [1] https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/issues/176
(define-public python-pycrypto
(package
(name "python-pycrypto")
