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[Bug 1466380] Re: No authentication check if DPkg::Options::", "--force-confold" is set in apt conf

 

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Title:
  No authentication check if DPkg::Options::", "--force-confold" is set
  in apt conf

Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in unattended-upgrades source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in unattended-upgrades source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in unattended-upgrades source package in Utopic:
  Fix Released
Status in unattended-upgrades source package in Vivid:
  Fix Released
Status in unattended-upgrades source package in Wily:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  While doing code inspection I noticed that under certain circumstances
  unattended-upgrades will not perform a authentication check for the
  package it downloads. The trust for packages is checked in line 1242
  of the code, but that code only gets executed if
  dpkg_conffile_prompt() returns True.

  Attached is a patch against master with a fix and a test. This needs
  to be coordinated with debian and added to all our releases. I will
  prepare debdiffs.

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