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general
  • source: papers (main)
  • version: 49.3-3
  • maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers (archive) (DMD)
  • uploaders: Laurent Bigonville [DMD] – Arnaud Ferraris [DMD] – Marco Trevisan (Treviño) [DMD] – Jeremy Bícha [DMD]
  • arch: all any
  • std-ver: 4.7.3
  • VCS: Git (Browse, QA)
versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]
[pool directory]
  • stable: 48.3-1
  • testing: 49.3-3
  • unstable: 49.3-3
versioned links
  • 48.3-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 49.3-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • gir1.2-papers-4.0
  • libpapers-dev
  • libpapers-doc
  • libppsdocument-4.0-6
  • libppsview-4.0-5
  • papers (10 bugs: 0, 8, 2, 0)
  • papers-common
action needed
A new upstream version is available: 50.2 high
A new upstream version 50.2 is available, you should consider packaging it.
Created: 2026-02-04 Last update: 2026-06-24 22:30
lintian reports 2 warnings normal
Lintian reports 2 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.
Created: 2026-03-29 Last update: 2026-05-23 14:31
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-2026-46529: (needs triaging) Atril Document Viewer is the default document reader of the MATE desktop environment for Linux. A single-click remote code execution vulnerability in versions prior to 1.26.3 and 1.28.4 allows an attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution as the user by tricking them into clicking a link inside a malicious PDF document. The PDF can be packaged as a polyglot file that is simultaneously a valid PDF and a valid ELF shared library, making the attack a single-file, single-click, configuration-independent RCE on stock atril installations. The root cause is `shell/ev-application.c:ev_spawn`, which builds a command line from attacker-controlled PDF link-destination fields without applying `g_shell_quote`. The cmdline is then handed to `g_app_info_create_from_commandline`, which shell-parses it back into argv — splitting any embedded `--gtk-module=PATH` into a separate argv element. GTK then `dlopen()`s the path during init, running any `__attribute__((constructor))` it finds. Versions 1.26.3 and 1.28.4 contain a patch for the issue. This is the same defect class as CVE-2023-51698 (CBT `--checkpoint-action` injection in `comics-document.c`, fixed in 1.6.2) but in a different code path (`shell/ev-application.c`) that the original patch did not touch.

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

Created: 2026-05-19 Last update: 2026-06-21 18:00
debian/patches: 3 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 7 debian patches available in version 49.3-3 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

  • 3 patches where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.
Created: 2025-02-07 Last update: 2026-05-23 14:01
Issues found with some translations low

Automatic checks made by the Debian l10n team found some issues with the translations contained in this package. You should check the l10n status report for more information.

Issues can be things such as missing translations, problematic translated strings, outdated PO files, unknown languages, etc.

Created: 2025-12-10 Last update: 2025-12-10 13:17
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 4.7.3).
Created: 2026-03-31 Last update: 2026-05-23 12:00
news
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  • [2026-06-22] papers 49.3-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2026-05-23] Accepted papers 49.3-3 (source) into unstable (Jeremy Bícha)
  • [2026-04-07] papers 49.3-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2026-03-29] Accepted papers 49.3-2 (source) into unstable (Matthias Geiger)
  • [2026-01-20] papers 49.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2026-01-15] Accepted papers 49.3-1 (source) into unstable (Matthias Geiger)
  • [2025-12-16] papers 49.2-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-12-09] Accepted papers 49.2-3 (source) into unstable (Jeremy Bícha)
  • [2025-12-06] papers 49.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-12-06] Accepted papers 49.2-2 (source) into unstable (Jeremy Bícha)
  • [2025-12-01] Accepted papers 49.2-1 (source) into unstable (Jeremy Bícha)
  • [2025-10-20] papers 49.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-10-15] Accepted papers 49.1-1 (source) into unstable (Jeremy Bícha)
  • [2025-10-08] papers 49.0-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-10-02] Accepted papers 49.0-3 (source) into unstable (Arnaud Ferraris)
  • [2025-09-30] papers 49.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-09-24] Accepted papers 49.0-2 (source) into unstable (Jeremy Bícha)
  • [2025-09-21] Accepted papers 49.0-1 (source amd64) into unstable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Jeremy Bícha)
  • [2025-08-21] papers 48.5-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-08-14] Accepted papers 48.5-1 (source) into unstable (Matthias Geiger)
  • [2025-06-12] papers 48.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-06-06] Accepted papers 48.3-1 (source) into unstable (Jeremy Bícha) (signed by: Jeremy Bicha)
  • [2025-05-07] papers 48.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-04-26] Accepted papers 48.2-1 (source) into unstable (Jeremy Bícha) (signed by: Jeremy Bicha)
  • [2025-04-18] Accepted papers 48.1-1 (source) into unstable (Jeremy Bícha) (signed by: Jeremy Bicha)
  • [2025-03-31] papers 48.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-03-25] Accepted papers 48.0-2 (source) into unstable (Jeremy Bícha) (signed by: Jeremy Bicha)
  • [2025-03-24] papers 48.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-03-21] Accepted papers 48.0-1 (source) into unstable (Jeremy Bícha) (signed by: Jeremy Bicha)
  • [2025-02-19] papers 48~beta-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
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bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 12
  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 10
  • M&W: 2
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 0
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