November 30th 2016

Free software activities in November 2016

Here is my monthly update covering what I have been doing in the free software world (previous month):

Reproducible builds


Whilst anyone can inspect the source code of free software for malicious flaws, most software is distributed pre-compiled to end users.

The motivation behind the Reproducible Builds effort is to permit verification that no flaws have been introduced — either maliciously or accidentally — during this compilation process by promising identical results are always generated from a given source, thus allowing multiple third-parties to come to a consensus on whether a build was compromised.


This month:


My work in the Reproducible Builds project was also covered in our weekly reports (#80, #81, #82 #83).


Toolchain issues

I submitted the following patches to fix reproducibility-related toolchain issues with Debian:


strip-nondeterminism

strip-nondeterminism is our tool to remove specific non-deterministic results from a completed build.


jenkins.debian.net

jenkins.debian.net runs our comprehensive testing framework.

  • buildinfo.debian.net has moved to SSL. (ac3b9e7)
  • Submit signing keys to keyservers after generation. (bdee6ff)
  • Various cosmetic changes, including
    • Prefer if X not in Y over if not X in Y. (bc23884)
    • No need for a dictionary; let's just use a set. (bf3fb6c)
    • Avoid DRY violation by using a for loop. (4125ec5)

I also submitted 9 patches to fix specific reproducibility issues in apktool, cairo-5c, lava-dispatcher, lava-server, node-rimraf, perlbrew, qsynth, tunnelx & zp.

Debian


Debian LTS

This month I have been paid to work 11 hours on Debian Long Term Support (LTS). In that time I did the following:

  • "Frontdesk" duties, triaging CVEs, etc.
  • Issued DLA 697-1 for bsdiff fixing an arbitrary write vulnerability.
  • Issued DLA 705-1 for python-imaging correcting a number of memory overflow issues.
  • Issued DLA 713-1 for sniffit where a buffer overflow allowed a specially-crafted configuration file to provide a root shell.
  • Issued DLA 723-1 for libsoap-lite-perl preventing a Billion Laughs XML expansion attack.
  • Issued DLA 724-1 for mcabber fixing a roster push attack.

Uploads

  • redis:
    • 3.2.5-2 — Tighten permissions of /var/{lib,log}/redis. (#842987)
    • 3.2.5-3 & 3.2.5-4 — Improve autopkgtest tests and install upstream's MANIFESTO and README.md documentation.
  • gunicorn (19.6.0-9) — Adding autopkgtest tests.
  • libfiu:
    • 0.94-1 — Add autopkgtest tests.
    • 0.95-1, 0.95-2 & 0.95-3 — New upstream release and improve autopkgtest coverage.
  • python-django (1.10.3-1) — New upstream release.
  • aptfs (0.8-3, 0.8-4 & 0.8-5) — Adding and subsequently improving the autopkgtext tests.


I performed the following QA uploads:



Finally, I also made the following non-maintainer uploads:

  • libident (0.22-3.1) — Move from obsolete Source-Version substvar to binary:Version. (#833195)
  • libpcl1 (1.6-1.1) — Move from obsolete Source-Version substvar to binary:Version. (#833196)
  • pygopherd (2.0.18.4+nmu1) — Move from obsolete Source-Version substvar to ${source:Version}. (#833202)

RC bugs



I also filed 59 FTBFS bugs against arc-gui-clients, asyncpg, blhc, civicrm, d-feet, dpdk, fbpanel, freeciv, freeplane, gant, golang-github-googleapis-gax-go, golang-github-googleapis-proto-client-go, haskell-cabal-install, haskell-fail, haskell-monadcatchio-transformers, hg-git, htsjdk, hyperscan, jasperreports, json-simple, keystone, koji, libapache-mod-musicindex, libcoap, libdr-tarantool-perl, libmath-bigint-gmp-perl, libpng1.6, link-grammar, lua-sql, mediatomb, mitmproxy, ncrack, net-tools, node-dateformat, node-fuzzaldrin-plus, node-nopt, open-infrastructure-system-images, open-infrastructure-system-images, photofloat, ppp, ptlib, python-mpop, python-mysqldb, python-passlib, python-protobix, python-ttystatus, redland, ros-message-generation, ruby-ethon, ruby-nokogiri, salt-formula-ceilometer, spykeviewer, sssd, suil, torus-trooper, trash-cli, twisted-web2, uftp & wide-dhcpv6.

FTP Team


As a Debian FTP assistant I ACCEPTed 70 packages: bbqsql, coz-profiler, cross-toolchain-base, cross-toolchain-base-ports, dgit-test-dummy, django-anymail, django-hstore, django-html-sanitizer, django-impersonate, django-wkhtmltopdf, gcc-6-cross, gcc-defaults, gnome-shell-extension-dashtodock, golang-defaults, golang-github-btcsuite-fastsha256, golang-github-dnephin-cobra, golang-github-docker-go-events, golang-github-gogits-cron, golang-github-opencontainers-image-spec, haskell-debian, kpmcore, libdancer-logger-syslog-perl, libmoox-buildargs-perl, libmoox-role-cloneset-perl, libreoffice, linux-firmware-raspi3, linux-latest, node-babel-runtime, node-big.js, node-buffer-shims, node-charm, node-cliui, node-core-js, node-cpr, node-difflet, node-doctrine, node-duplexer2, node-emojis-list, node-eslint-plugin-flowtype, node-everything.js, node-execa, node-grunt-contrib-coffee, node-grunt-contrib-concat, node-jquery-textcomplete, node-js-tokens, node-json5, node-jsonfile, node-marked-man, node-os-locale, node-sparkles, node-tap-parser, node-time-stamp, node-wrap-ansi, ooniprobe, policycoreutils, pybind11, pygresql, pysynphot, python-axolotl, python-drizzle, python-geoip2, python-mockupdb, python-pyforge, python-sentinels, python-waiting, pythonmagick, r-cran-isocodes, ruby-unicode-display-width, suricata & voctomix-outcasts.

I additionally filed 4 RC bugs against packages that had incomplete debian/copyright files against node-cliui, node-core-js, node-cpr & node-grunt-contrib-concat.




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