Debian Security Advisory
DLA-2744-1 usermode -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 16 Aug 2021
- Affected Packages:
- usermode
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 991808.
- More information:
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This update is merely a rebuild of the usermode package, which are a set of graphical tools for certain user account management tasks, fixing two issues:
a) the versioning issue as wheezy (Debian 7) had a greater version than jessie (Debian 8) and stretch (Debian 9), thereby causing upgrade issues. b) the package now Depends and Build-Depends on the newer libuser1-dev (>= 1:0.62~dfsg-0.1) to ensure the latest version of libuser is used (which was a security fix).
For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.109-1+deb9u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your usermode packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS