<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 at 21:52, J Doe <<a href="mailto:general@nativemethods.com">general@nativemethods.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br>
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Is this the appropriate list to make a request for an update to a package for Bionic 18.04.1 LTS server ? The update in question is SpamAssassin 3.4.2 which fixes 4 CVE’s [1] and was released on 2018-09-16.<br>
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Thank you,<br>
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- J<br></blockquote><div> </div></div><div style="font-family:monospace,monospace" class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">As a bystander, not involved with packaging, I can still provide a quick response here while waiting for a more official word from proper maintainers so you can get on with your day with some of the information required :-)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">The
standard method of covering security fixes in software shipped within
`main` in Ubuntu, we don't usually bump the version. Instead we backport
_just_ the security fixes to the version that is already in the
repository.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">For maintainers, spamassassin is in `main` on at least 18.04, so I think it should be subject to security coverage.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">Dan.<br></div></div></div>