Package: openjdk-7-jre-headless Version: 7u85-2.6.1-5~deb8u1 Severity: normal Tags: security
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 stable-security update from 7u79-2.5.6-1~deb8u1 to 7u85-2.6.1-5~deb8u1 introduces a new dependency on libsctp1. This makes most automatic stable update schemes fail, requiring manual admin intervention to install the security update. This is a security problem because it leaves systems trusting auto- update shemes vulnerable until the administrator notices the update failure. This is made worse by the fact that the new dependency is undocumented both in the changelog and in the security announcement. This is not the first time this package has been affected such problems. See also the yet unreplied bug #780665 I ask that unnecessary depencies are avoided in future security updates. Failing that, I ask that the security team take the necessary precautions, warning adminstrators about the possible manual upgrade required. Thanks Bjørn - -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.2 APT prefers stable APT policy: (700, 'stable'), (600, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable-updates') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.3.0-rc7 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) Versions of packages openjdk-7-jre-headless depends on: ii ca-certificates-java 20140324 ii java-common 0.52 ii libc6 2.19-18+deb8u1 ii libcups2 1.7.5-11+deb8u1 ii libfontconfig1 2.11.0-6.3 ii libfreetype6 2.5.2-3+deb8u1 ii libgcc1 1:4.9.2-10 ii libglib2.0-0 2.42.1-1 ii libjpeg62-turbo 1:1.3.1-12 ii libkrb5-3 1.12.1+dfsg-19 ii liblcms2-2 2.6-3+b3 ii libnss3 2:3.17.2-1.1+deb8u2 ii libpcsclite1 1.8.13-1 ii libpulse0 5.0-13 ii libsctp1 1.0.16+dfsg-2 ii libstdc++6 4.9.2-10 ii multiarch-support 2.19-18+deb8u1 ii tzdata-java 2015f-0+deb8u1 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1 openjdk-7-jre-headless recommends no packages. Versions of packages openjdk-7-jre-headless suggests: ii fonts-dejavu-extra 2.34-1 pn fonts-indic <none> pn fonts-ipafont-gothic <none> pn fonts-ipafont-mincho <none> pn icedtea-7-jre-jamvm <none> pn libnss-mdns <none> pn sun-java6-fonts <none> pn ttf-wqy-microhei | ttf-wqy-zenhei <none> - -- no debconf information -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAlYwnC8ACgkQ10rqkowbIskbjQCePl3kOlwRfYfTiBwA5TfvoPtg 1bcAoI3hmQTK3dN9XdLoNWgB5+45Vh4/ =BNTc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openjdk Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openjdk More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
