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Debian Changelog dropbear (0.52-4)

2009

dropbear (0.52-4) unstable; urgency=low

   * debian/initramfs/dropbear-hook: allow more than one public key in
     initramfs (thx Chris for the patch; closes: #548309).

 -- Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>  Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:51:42 +0000

dropbear (0.52-3) unstable; urgency=low

   * debian/rules: configure: add XAUTH_COMMAND="/usr/bin/X11/xauth -q"
     to CFLAGS (thx Axel Beckert, Colin Watson; closes: #532900).
   * debian/dropbear.init: Improve abort messages due to
     /etc/default/dropbear::NO_START (thx Jari Aalto for the patch;
     closes: #541432).
   * debian/control: Provides: ssh-server (thx Steffen Moeller; closes:
     #543174)
   * debian/control: Suggests: xauth (thx Francis Russell; closes:
     #508233).

 -- Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>  Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:37:17 +0000

dropbear (0.52-2) unstable; urgency=medium

   * debian/initramfs/premount-dropbear: run configure_networking in the
     background (thx debian@x.ray.net, closes: #514213, #524728).
   * debian/control: Standards-Version: 3.8.2.0.

 -- Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>  Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:22:39 +0000

2008

dropbear (0.52-1) unstable; urgency=low

   [ Matt Johnston ]
   * New upstream release.
     * dbclient.1: mention optional 'command' argument (closes: #495823).
 
   [ Gerrit Pape ]
   * debian/diff/0001-dbclient.1-dbclient-uses-compression-if...diff:
     new; dbclient.1: dbclient uses compression if compiled with zlib
     support (thx Luca Capello, closes: #495825).
   * debian/initramfs/*: new; cryptroot remote unlocking on boot feature
     (thx debian@x.ray.net).
   * debian/rules: install debian/initramfs/* (thx debian@x.ray.net).
   * debian/control: Suggests: udev (for cryptroot support, thx
     debian@x.ray.net).
   * debian/dropbear.postinst: conditionally run update-initramfs -u
     (for cryptroot support, thx debian@x.ray.net. closes: #465903).
   * debian/diff/0002-dropbearkey.8-mention-y-option-add-example.diff:
     new; mention -y option, add example (thx debian@x.ray.net).

 -- Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>  Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:58:59 +0000

dropbear (0.51-1) unstable; urgency=low

   [ Matt Johnston ]
   * New upstream release.
     - Wait until a process exits before the server closes a connection,
       so that an exit code can be sent. This fixes problems with exit
       codes not being returned, which could cause scp to fail (closes:
       #448397, #472483).
 
   [ Gerrit Pape ]
   * debian/dropbear.postinst: don't print an error message if the
     update-service program is not installed (thx Matt).

 -- Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:08:06 +0000

dropbear (0.50-4) unstable; urgency=low

   * debian/dropbear.init: apply patch from Petter Reinholdtsen: add LSB
     formatted dependency info in init.d script (closes: #466257).
   * debian/rules: no longer include symlinks for ./supervise/ subdirectories.
   * debian/dropbear.postinst: upgrade from << 0.50-4: if dropbear is managed
     by runit, remove service, and re-add using update-service(8).
   * debian/control: Standards-Version: 3.7.3.0.
   * debian/rules: target clean: don't ignore errors but check for readable
     ./Makefile.

 -- Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>  Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:06:58 +0000

dropbear (0.50-3) unstable; urgency=low

   * debian/dropbear.init: use the update-service(8) program from the runit
     package instead of directly checking for the symlink in /var/service/.
   * debian/README.runit: talk about update-service(8) instead of symlinks
     in /var/service/.

 -- Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:32:37 +0000

2007

dropbear (0.50-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * debian/dropbear.README.Debian: no longer talk about entropy from
     /dev/random, /dev/urandom is now used by default (thx Joey Hess,
     closes: #441515).

 -- Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>  Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:49:17 +0000

dropbear (0.50-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * debian/README.runit: minor.
   * new upstream version.
   * debian/diff/0001-options.h-use-dev-urandom-instead-of-dev-random-a.diff:
     remove; fixed upstream.

 -- Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>  Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:01:01 +0000

dropbear (0.49-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * debian/rules: apply diffs from debian/diff/ with patch -p1 instead of
     -p0.
   * debian/diff/0001-options.h-use-dev-urandom-instead-of-dev-random-a.diff:
     new; options.h: use /dev/urandom instead of /dev/random as
     DROPBEAR_RANDOM_DEV (closes: #386976).
   * debian/rules: target clean: remove libtomcrypt/Makefile,
     libtommath/Makefile.

 -- Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>  Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:59:59 +0000

dropbear (0.49-1) unstable; urgency=high

   * new upstream release, fixes
     * CVE-2007-1099: dropbear dbclient insufficient warning on hostkey
       mismatch (closes: #412899).
     * dbclient uses static "Password:" prompt instead of using the server's
       prompt (closes: #394996).
   * debian/control: Suggests: openssh-client, not ssh (closes: #405686);
     Standards-Version: 3.7.2.2.
   * debian/README.Debian: ssh -> openssh-server, openssh-client; remove
     'Replacing OpenSSH "sshd" with Dropbear' part, this is simply done by not
     installing the openssh-server package.
   * debian/README.runit: runsvstat -> sv status.

 -- Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>  Fri, 2 Mar 2007 20:48:18 +0000

2006

dropbear (0.48.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium

   * new upstream point release.
     * Compile fix for scp
   * debian/diff/dbclient.1.diff: new: document -R option to dbclient
     accurately (thx Markus Schaber; closes: #351882).
   * debian/dropbear.README.Debian: document a workaround for systems with
     possibly blocking /dev/random device (closes: #355414)..

 -- Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>  Sun, 16 Apr 2006 16:16:40 +0000

dropbear (0.48-1) unstable; urgency=medium

   * New upstream release.
   * SECURITY: Improve handling of denial of service attempts from a single
     IP.
 
   * debian/implicit: update to revision 1.11.
   * new upstream release updates to scp from OpenSSH 4.3p2 - fixes a
     security issue where use of system() could cause users to execute
     arbitrary code through malformed filenames; CVE-2006-0225 (see also
     #349645); the scp binary is not provided by this package though.

 -- Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 22:00:32 +0000

2005

dropbear (0.47-1) unstable; urgency=high

   * New upstream release.
   * SECURITY: Fix incorrect buffer sizing; CVE-2005-4178.

 -- Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>  Thu, 8 Dec 2005 19:20:21 +0800

dropbear (0.46-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * debian/control: Standards-Version: 3.6.2.1; update descriptions to
     mention included server and client (thx Tino Keitel).
   * debian/dropbear.init: allow '/etc/init.d/dropbear stop' even though
     'NO_START is not set to zero.' (closes: #336723).

 -- Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>  Tue, 6 Dec 2005 13:30:49 +0000

dropbear (0.46-1) unstable; urgency=medium

   * New upstream release, various fixes.
   * debian/diff/dbclient-usage-typo.diff, debian/diff/manpages.diff: remove;
     obsolete.
   * debian/dbclient.1: move to ./dbclient.1.

 -- Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>  Fri, 8 July 2005 21:32:55 +0800

dropbear (0.45-3) unstable; urgency=low

   * debian/dropbear.init: init script prints human readable message in case
     it's disabled (closes: #309099).
   * debian/dropbear.postinst: configure: restart service through init script
     instead of start.
   * debian/dropbear.prerm: set -u -> set -e.

 -- Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>  Wed, 25 May 2005 22:38:17 +0000

dropbear (0.45-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Matt Johnston:
     * New upstream release, various fixes.

 -- Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>  Sat, 12 Mar 2005 15:17:55 +0000

dropbear (0.44-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release.
   * debian/rules: install /usr/bin/dbclient; handle possible patches more
     gracefully; install debian/dbclient.1 man page; enable target patch;
     minor.
   * debian/implicit: update to revision 1.10.
   * debian/dbclient.1: new; man page.
   * debian/diff/dbclient-usage-typo.diff: new; fix typo.
   * debian/diff/manpages.diff: new; add references to dbclient man page.

 -- Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>  Sat, 8 Jan 2005 22:50:43 +0000

2004

dropbear (0.43-2) unstable; urgency=high

   * Matt Johnston:
     * New upstream release 0.43
     * SECURITY: Don't attempt to free uninitialised buffers in DSS verification
       code
     * Handle portforwarding to servers which don't send any initial data
       (Closes: #258426)
   * debian/dropbear.postinst: remove code causing bothersome warning on
     package install (closes: #256752).
   * debian/README.Debian.diet: new; how to build with the diet libc.
   * debian/dropbear.docs: add debian/README.Debian.diet.
   * debian/rules: support "diet" in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS; minor cleanup.

 -- Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>  Sat, 17 Jul 2004 19:31:19 +0000

dropbear (0.42-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release 0.42.
   * debian/diff/cvs-20040520.diff: remove; obsolete.
   * debian/rules: disable target patch.

 -- Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>  Wed, 16 June 2004 12:44:54 +0800

dropbear (0.41-3) unstable; urgency=low

   * 1st upload to the Debian archive (closes: #216553).
   * debian/diff/cvs-20040520.diff: new; stable cvs snapshot.
   * debian/rules: new target patch: apply diffs in debian/diff/, reverse
     apply in target clean; install man pages.
   * debian/control: Priority: optional.

 -- Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>  Sun, 23 May 2004 08:32:37 +0000

dropbear (0.41-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * new maintainer.
   * debian/control: no longer Build-Depends: debhelper; Build-Depends:
     libz-dev; Standards-Version: 3.6.1.0; Suggests: runit; update
     descriptions.
   * debian/rules: stop using debhelper, use implicit rules; cleanup;
     install dropbearconvert into /usr/lib/dropbear/.
   * debian/impicit: new; implicit rules.
   * debian/copyright.in: adapt.
   * debian/dropbear.init: minor adaptions; test for dropbear service
     directory.
   * debian/README.runit: new; how to use dropbear with runit.
   * debian/README.Debian, debian/docs: rename to debian/dropbear.*.
   * debian/dropbear.docs: add debian/README.runit
   * debian/conffiles: rename to debian/dropbear.conffiles; add init
     script, and run scripts.
   * debian/postinst: rename to debian/dropbear.postinst; adapt; use
     invloke-rc.d dropbear start.
   * debian/dropbear.prerm: new; invoke-rc.d dropbear stop.
   * debian/postrm: rename to debian/dropbear.postrm; adapt; clean up
     service directories.
   * debian/compat, debian/dirs, dropbear.default: remove; obsolete.

 -- Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>  Sun, 16 May 2004 16:50:55 +0000

dropbear (0.41-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Updated to 0.41 release.
   * Various minor fixes

 -- Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>  Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:20:54 +0800

2003

dropbear (0.39-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * updated to 0.39 release. Some new features, some bugfixes.

 -- Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 16:20:54 +0800

dropbear (0.38-1) unstable; urgency=medium

   * updated to 0.38 release - various important bugfixes

 -- Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>  Sat, 11 Oct 2003 16:28:54 +0800

dropbear (0.37-1) unstable; urgency=medium

   * updated to 0.37 release - various important bugfixes

 -- Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>  Wed, 24 Sept 2003 19:43:54 +0800

dropbear (0.36-1) unstable; urgency=high

   * updated to 0.36 release - various important bugfixes

 -- Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>  Tues, 19 Aug 2003 12:20:54 +0800

dropbear (0.35-1) unstable; urgency=high

   * updated to 0.35 release - contains fix for remotely exploitable
     vulnerability.

 -- Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>  Sun, 17 Aug 2003 05:37:47 +0800

dropbear (0.34-1) unstable; urgency=medium

   * updated to 0.34 release

 -- Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>  Fri, 15 Aug 2003 15:10:00 +0800

dropbear (0.33-1) unstable; urgency=medium

   * updated to 0.33 release

 -- Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>  Sun, 22 Jun 2003 22:22:00 +0800

dropbear (0.32cvs-1) unstable; urgency=medium

   * now maintained in UCC CVS
   * debian/copyright.in file added, generated from LICENSE

 -- Grahame Bowland <grahame@angrygoats.net>  Tue, 21 Jun 2003 17:57:02 +0800

dropbear (0.32cvs-1) unstable; urgency=medium

   * sync with CVS
   * fixes X crash bug

 -- Grahame Bowland <grahame@angrygoats.net>  Tue, 20 Jun 2003 15:04:47 +0800

dropbear (0.32-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * fix creation of host keys to use correct names in /etc/dropbear
   * init script "restart" function fixed
   * purging this package now deletes the host keys and /etc/dropbear
   * change priority in debian/control to 'standard'

 -- Grahame Bowland <grahame@angrygoats.net>  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 15:04:47 +0800

dropbear (0.32-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Initial Release.

 -- Grahame Bowland <grahame@angrygoats.net>  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 15:04:47 +0800