Bug#546911: apt-extracttemplates should extract to /var/lib/apt/tmp and not /tmp so that /tmp can be mounted noexec

Package: apt Version: 1.8.1 Followup-For: Bug #546911 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 It may at least be helpful to check for noexec /tmp and give some kind of warning. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQJNBAEBCAA3FiEEXbk7X2RxJi0NGP5lMn/Nf3K/IoEFAlzqJd4ZHGRlYmlhbi5i dWdzQG1lbGFj

Bug#546911: apt-extracttemplates should extract to /var/lib/apt/tmp and not /tmp so that /tmp can be mounted noexec

Package: apt Version: 0.7.23.1 Severity: normal Hi, Some administrators like to mount /tmp and /var/tmp with the noexec option. That makes it harder for people to download and execute malware when they manage to execute commands through a web application vulnerability for example. However those