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general

source: busybox (main)
version: 1:1.30.1-6
maintainer: Debian Install System Team (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Chris Boot [DMD] – Christoph Biedl [DMD]
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.1.5
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]

[pool directory]

oldstable: 1:1.22.0-19
old-sec: 1:1.22.0-19+deb9u2
stable: 1:1.30.1-4
testing: 1:1.30.1-6
unstable: 1:1.30.1-6

versioned links

1:1.22.0-19: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1:1.22.0-19+deb9u2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1:1.30.1-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1:1.30.1-6: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

busybox (23 bugs: 0, 12, 11, 0)
busybox-static (7 bugs: 0, 5, 2, 0)
busybox-syslogd (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
busybox-udeb (3 bugs: 0, 1, 2, 0)
udhcpc (3 bugs: 0, 0, 3, 0)
udhcpd (5 bugs: 0, 4, 1, 0)

action needed

A new upstream version is available: 1.33.1 high

A new upstream version 1.33.1 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2020-11-20 Last update: 2021-06-19 19:05

1 security issue in sid high

There is 1 open security issue in sid.

1 important issue:

CVE-2021-28831: decompress_gunzip.c in BusyBox through 1.32.1 mishandles the error bit on the huft_build result pointer, with a resultant invalid free or segmentation fault, via malformed gzip data.

Created: 2021-03-19 Last update: 2021-05-07 20:33

10 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 10 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2020-10-19 Last update: 2021-06-19 18:00

Multiarch hinter reports 1 issue(s) normal

There are issues with the multiarch metadata for this package.

udhcpc could be marked Multi-Arch: same

Created: 2019-03-04 Last update: 2021-06-19 14:41

Does not build reproducibly during testing normal

A package building reproducibly enables third parties to verify that the source matches the distributed binaries. It has been identified that this source package produced different results, failed to build or had other issues in a test environment. Please read about how to improve the situation!

Created: 2020-08-25 Last update: 2021-06-19 14:38

version in VCS is newer than in repository, is it time to upload? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have a new changelog entry (version 1:1.30.1-7, distribution UNRELEASED) and new commits in its VCS. You should consider whether it's time to make an upload.

Here are the relevant commit messages:

commit f0bf4780f643a13ca8dc9171a01ed09d9bbf0491
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Mon Nov 16 08:02:28 2020 +0000

    Remove constraints unnecessary since stretch.
    
    * busybox: Drop versioned constraint on initramfs-tools in Breaks.
    
    Changes-By: deb-scrub-obsolete

Created: 2021-04-01 Last update: 2021-06-12 15:42

1 low-priority security issue in buster low

There is 1 open security issue in buster.

1 issue left for the package maintainer to handle:

CVE-2021-28831: (needs triaging) decompress_gunzip.c in BusyBox through 1.32.1 mishandles the error bit on the huft_build result pointer, with a resultant invalid free or segmentation fault, via malformed gzip data.

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

Created: 2021-03-19 Last update: 2021-05-07 20:33

Build log checks report 2 warnings low

Build log checks report 2 warnings

Created: 2017-10-26 Last update: 2017-10-26 07:21

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.5.1 instead of 4.1.5).

Created: 2018-04-16 Last update: 2020-11-17 05:41

news

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[2021-04-01] Accepted busybox 1:1.22.0-19+deb9u2 (source) into oldstable (Markus Koschany)
[2021-02-15] Accepted busybox 1:1.22.0-19+deb9u1 (source amd64 all) into oldstable (Markus Koschany)
[2020-08-21] busybox 1:1.30.1-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-08-16] Accepted busybox 1:1.30.1-6 (source) into unstable (Aurelien Jarno)
[2020-07-19] busybox 1:1.30.1-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-07-13] Accepted busybox 1:1.30.1-5 (source) into unstable (Aurelien Jarno)
[2019-04-04] busybox 1:1.30.1-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-04-02] Accepted busybox 1:1.30.1-4 (source) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2019-04-01] busybox 1:1.30.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-03-24] Accepted busybox 1:1.30.1-3 (source) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2019-03-12] busybox 1:1.30.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-03-02] Accepted busybox 1:1.30.1-2 (source) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2019-03-01] Accepted busybox 1:1.30.1-1 (source) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2018-08-03] Accepted busybox 1:1.22.0-9+deb8u4 (source amd64 all) into oldstable (Markus Koschany)
[2018-08-02] Accepted busybox 1:1.22.0-9+deb8u3 (source amd64 all) into oldstable (Markus Koschany)
[2018-07-27] Accepted busybox 1:1.22.0-9+deb8u2 (source amd64 all) into oldstable (Markus Koschany)
[2018-07-18] busybox 1:1.27.2-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-07-13] Accepted busybox 1:1.27.2-3 (source) into unstable (Ben Hutchings)
[2017-12-03] busybox 1:1.27.2-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-11-28] Accepted busybox 1:1.27.2-2 (source) into unstable (Chris Boot)
[2017-09-24] busybox 1:1.27.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-09-17] Accepted busybox 1:1.27.2-1 (source) into unstable (Chris Boot)
[2016-04-23] busybox 1:1.22.0-19 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-04-17] Accepted busybox 1:1.22.0-19 (source) into unstable (Ben Hutchings)
[2016-02-09] busybox 1:1.22.0-18 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-02-04] Accepted busybox 1:1.22.0-18 (source i386 all) into unstable (Christian Perrier)
[2016-01-27] busybox 1:1.22.0-17 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-01-22] Accepted busybox 1:1.22.0-17 (source i386 all) into unstable (Christian Perrier)
[2016-01-17] Accepted busybox 1:1.22.0-16 (source) into unstable (Ben Hutchings)
[2015-10-31] Accepted busybox 1:1.17.1-8+deb6u11 (source all amd64) into squeeze-lts (Chris Lamb)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 49 50
RC: 0
I&N: 28 29
M&W: 20
F&P: 1
patch: 10

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ubuntu

[Information about Ubuntu for Debian Developers]

version: 1:1.30.1-6ubuntu2
33 bugs (3 patches)
patches for 1:1.30.1-6ubuntu2