[Pkg-php-commits] [php/debian-sid] Update the security policy for Squeeze and greater

Raphael Geissert geissert at debian.org
Mon Jul 19 02:30:31 UTC 2010


---
 debian/README.Debian.security |   11 +++++++----
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/README.Debian.security b/debian/README.Debian.security
index 86f75e2..1531358 100644
--- a/debian/README.Debian.security
+++ b/debian/README.Debian.security
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 the Debian stable security team does not provide security support
-for certain configurations known to be inherently insecure.  Most
-specifically, the security team will not provide support for flaws in:
+for certain configurations known to be inherently insecure.  This
+includes the interpreter itself, extensions, and code written in the
+PHP language. Most specifically, the security team will not provide
+support for flaws in:
 
 - problems which are not flaws in the design of php but can be problematic
-  when used by sloppy developers (for example, not checking the contents
-  of a tar file before extracting it).
+  when used by sloppy developers (for example: not checking the contents
+  of a tar file before extracting it, using unserialize() on
+  untrusted data, or relying on a specific value of short_open_tag).
 
 - vulnerabilities involving register_globals being activated, unless
   specifically the vulnerability activates this setting when it was
-- 
1.7.1





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