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string processing utility functions

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  • source: libstring-util-perl (main)
  • version: 1.36-1
  • maintainer: Debian Perl Group (archive) (DMD) (LowNMU)
  • uploaders: Mason James [DMD]
  • arch: all
  • std-ver: 4.7.0
  • VCS: Git (Browse, QA)
versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]
[pool directory]
  • oldstable: 1.34-2
  • stable: 1.35-1
  • testing: 1.36-1
  • unstable: 1.36-1
versioned links
  • 1.34-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 1.35-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 1.36-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
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action needed
The VCS repository is not up to date, push the missing commits. high
vcswatch reports that the current version of the package is not in its VCS.
Either you need to push your commits and/or your tags, or the information about the package's VCS are out of date. A common cause of the latter issue when using the Git VCS is not specifying the correct branch when the packaging is not in the default one (remote HEAD branch), which is usually "master" but can be modified in salsa.debian.org in the project's general settings with the "Default Branch" field). Alternatively the Vcs-Git field in debian/control can contain a "-b <branch-name>" suffix to indicate what branch is used for the Debian packaging.
Created: 2026-07-08 Last update: 2026-07-22 19:30
1 security issue in bookworm high

There is 1 open security issue in bookworm.

1 important issue:
  • CVE-2026-14895: String::Util versions before 1.36 for Perl are susceptible to a regular expression denial of service. The trim and rtrim functions stripped trailing whitespace with s/\s*$//u. Because \s* matches greedily and the $ anchor fails whenever a non-whitespace character follows the whitespace, the regex engine retries the match at each offset of a long whitespace run, producing quadratic backtracking. The fix replaces \s*$ with \s+$. Any caller that passes untrusted input to trim or rtrim can trigger CPU exhaustion with a string containing a long run of whitespace.
Created: 2026-07-08 Last update: 2026-07-10 04:32
Multiarch hinter reports 1 issue(s) normal
There are issues with the multiarch metadata for this package.
  • libstring-util-perl could be marked Multi-Arch: foreign
Created: 2023-02-05 Last update: 2026-07-25 01:04
1 low-priority security issue in trixie low

There is 1 open security issue in trixie.

1 issue left for the package maintainer to handle:
  • CVE-2026-14895: (needs triaging) String::Util versions before 1.36 for Perl are susceptible to a regular expression denial of service. The trim and rtrim functions stripped trailing whitespace with s/\s*$//u. Because \s* matches greedily and the $ anchor fails whenever a non-whitespace character follows the whitespace, the regex engine retries the match at each offset of a long whitespace run, producing quadratic backtracking. The fix replaces \s*$ with \s+$. Any caller that passes untrusted input to trim or rtrim can trigger CPU exhaustion with a string containing a long run of whitespace.

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

Created: 2026-07-08 Last update: 2026-07-10 04:32
Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist
The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 4.7.0).
Created: 2025-02-21 Last update: 2026-07-08 10:50
news
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  • [2026-07-10] libstring-util-perl 1.36-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2026-07-08] Accepted libstring-util-perl 1.36-1 (source) into unstable (Salvatore Bonaccorso)
  • [2024-09-09] libstring-util-perl 1.35-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-09-07] Accepted libstring-util-perl 1.35-1 (source) into unstable (gregor herrmann)
  • [2023-02-09] libstring-util-perl 1.34-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-02-05] Accepted libstring-util-perl 1.34-2 (source) into unstable (gregor herrmann)
  • [2023-02-05] Accepted libstring-util-perl 1.34-1 (source all) into unstable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: gregor herrmann)
bugs [bug history graph]
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