hotspot - Debian Package Tracker

AppStream hints: 1 error and 2 warnings for hotspot high

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

You should get rid of them to provide more metadata about this software.

Created: 2018-11-22 Last update: 2026-03-04 10:01

1 security issue in trixie high

1 important issue:

CVE-2023-28144: KDAB Hotspot 1.3.x and 1.4.x through 1.4.1, in a non-default configuration, allows privilege escalation because of race conditions involving symlinks and elevate_perf_privileges.sh chown calls.

Created: 2023-06-11 Last update: 2023-10-22 12:54

lintian reports 2 warnings normal

Lintian reports 2 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-03-04 Last update: 2026-03-04 09:01

1 low-priority security issue in bookworm low

There is 1 open security issue in bookworm.

1 issue left for the package maintainer to handle:

CVE-2023-28144: (needs triaging) KDAB Hotspot 1.3.x and 1.4.x through 1.4.1, in a non-default configuration, allows privilege escalation because of race conditions involving symlinks and elevate_perf_privileges.sh chown calls.

You can find information about how to handle this issue in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2023-06-10 Last update: 2026-03-09 06:00