[Duplication]
No duplication of that functionality in the Archive in general or main in
particular.
[Embedded sources and static linking]
This package does not contain embedded library sources.
This package does not statically link to libraries.
No Go package
[Security]
I can confirm that there seems to be no CVE/Security history for this package.
It Does not:
- run a daemon as root
- uses old webkit
- uses lib*v8 directly
- open a port
- uses centralized online accounts
- integrates arbitrary javascript into the desktop
- deals with system authentication
- parse data formats
But it does:
- processes arbitrary web (actually SMTP) content
This package is an indexer, but the content it indexes are in the context of
our MIR activity e.g. mails.
Therefore the content that it indexes is craftable externally and therefore
exploitable remotely if it would have an issue.
Due to that I think a security review should be done for this package.
[Common blockers]
- builds fine at the moment
- server Team committed to subscribe once this gets promoted (enough for now)
- code is not user visible, no translation needed
- dh_python is used
- package produces python2 bits, but they are not pulled into main by mailman3
- utilizes build time self tests
[Packaging red flags]
- no current ubuntu Delta to evaluate
- no library with classic symbol tracking
- watch file is present
- Lintian warnings are present but ok
- debian/rules is rather clean
- no usage of Built-Using
- no golang package that would make things harder
[Upstream red flags]
- no suspicious errors during build (a few warnings, but nothing concerning)
- it is pure python, so no incautious use of malloc/sprintf
- no use of sudo, gksu
- no use of pkexec
- no use of LD_LIBRARY_PATH
- no important open bugs
- no Dependency on webkit, qtwebkit, libgoa-*
- no embedded copies in upstream either
[Summary]
Ack from the MIR-Teams POV, but as outlined above a security review is
recommended.
Assigning the security Team.
** Changed in: python-whoosh (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Security Team (ubuntu-security)
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