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[PATCH] gnu: polkit: Graft a replacement for CVE-2021-3560.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2021 08:46:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch, security

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 48915 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#48915] [PATCH] gnu: polkit: Graft a replacement for CVE-2021-3560.
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2021 13:52:41 -0400

On Tue, Jun 08, 2021 at 10:45:12AM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> +(define-public polkit/fixed
> +  (package
> +    (inherit polkit)
> +    (version "0.11A")                             ;0.116 + patch
> +    (source (origin
> +              (inherit (package-source polkit))
> +              (patches (search-patches "polkit-CVE-2021-3560.patch"))))))

Typically, we don't change the version when creating replacement
packages that apply a patch. We only change the version when the
replacement package actually updates to a new version.

Thanks for taking care of this!
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