Re: [PATCH 0/1] Update harfbuzz to 1.0.6 (CVE-2016-2052)

[Leo Famulari]

On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 09:41:45AM +0200, Efraim Flashner wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 01:01:19 -0500
> Leo Famulari <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > This patch updates harfbuzz to 1.0.6, fixing CVE-2016-2052 [0].
> > 
> > However, 587 packages depend on harfbuzz [1]. Where should the patch be
> > applied?
> > 
> > [0]
> > https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2052
> > 
> > [1]
> > Building the following 199 packages would ensure 388 dependent packages 
> > are rebuilt: avidemux-2.6.10 python-pyqt-5.5 pumpa-0.9.1 
> [snip]
> > Leo Famulari (1):
> >   gnu: harfbuzz: Update to 1.0.6 [fixes CVE-2016-2052].
> > 
> >  gnu/packages/gtk.scm | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> 
> how about the security-updates branch?

I'm not sure of the status of the branch with respect to Hydra. That is,
is it currently building the branch? If so, is it bad to push to the
branch? I wouldn't mind a little education on this topic!

Other can feel free to push this if appropriate.

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