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gksu-polkit package

Please remove gksu-polkit from Ubuntu

Bug #1172339 reported by Jeremy Bícha
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gksu-polkit (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
gksu-polkit (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Please drop (and blacklist?) the gksu-polkit source and binaries from Ubuntu.

They have been dropped from Debian testing because the package is unmaintained with 2 open CVEs for some time:

http://bugs.debian.org/689663
http://bugs.debian.org/684489
http://bugs.debian.org/695807

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: gksu-polkit (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-16.26-generic 3.8.5
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Apr 24 12:26:24 2013
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: gksu-polkit
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote :
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gksu-polkit (Debian):
status: Unknown → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gksu-polkit (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Removing packages from raring:
        gksu-polkit 0.0.3-1ubuntu1 in raring
                gksu-polkit 0.0.3-1ubuntu1 in raring amd64
                gksu-polkit 0.0.3-1ubuntu1 in raring armhf
                gksu-polkit 0.0.3-1ubuntu1 in raring i386
                gksu-polkit 0.0.3-1ubuntu1 in raring powerpc
                libgksu-polkit-dev 0.0.3-1ubuntu1 in raring amd64
                libgksu-polkit-dev 0.0.3-1ubuntu1 in raring armhf
                libgksu-polkit-dev 0.0.3-1ubuntu1 in raring i386
                libgksu-polkit-dev 0.0.3-1ubuntu1 in raring powerpc
                libgksu-polkit0 0.0.3-1ubuntu1 in raring amd64
                libgksu-polkit0 0.0.3-1ubuntu1 in raring armhf
                libgksu-polkit0 0.0.3-1ubuntu1 in raring i386
                libgksu-polkit0 0.0.3-1ubuntu1 in raring powerpc
Comment: requested by ~jbicha; removed from Debian testing, unmaintained, open CVEs; LP: #1172339
Remove [y|N]? y
1 package successfully removed.

Changed in gksu-polkit (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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