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general
  • source: ckermit (main)
  • version: 416~beta12-5
  • maintainer: John Goerzen (DMD) (LowNMU)
  • arch: any
  • std-ver: 4.6.2
  • VCS: Git (Browse, QA)
versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]
[pool directory]
  • o-o-stable: 305~alpha02-1
  • oldstable: 402~beta08-1
  • old-bpo: 414~beta11-3~bpo12+1
  • stable: 416~beta12-1
  • stable-bpo: 416~beta12-3~bpo13+1
  • testing: 416~beta12-5
  • unstable: 416~beta12-5
versioned links
  • 305~alpha02-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 402~beta08-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 414~beta11-3~bpo12+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 416~beta12-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 416~beta12-3~bpo13+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 416~beta12-5: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • ckermit (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
action needed
Problems while searching for a new upstream version high
uscan had problems while searching for a new upstream version:
In debian/watch no matching files for watch source
  ftp://ftp.kermitproject.org/kermit/test/tar/
Created: 2025-12-16 Last update: 2025-12-26 11:31
1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal
The BTS contains patches fixing 1 bug, consider including or untagging them.
Created: 2025-04-09 Last update: 2025-12-26 10:30
2 new commits since last upload, is it time to release? normal
vcswatch reports that this package seems to have new commits in its VCS but has not yet updated debian/changelog. You should consider updating the Debian changelog and uploading this new version into the archive.

Here are the relevant commit logs:
commit b5a519f1f84edbe70caddc933a8d692a6cb8952f
Merge: 0f7ca55 372fdde
Author: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
Date:   Tue Dec 16 17:07:21 2025 -0600

    Merge branch 'update-translation-ca' into 'debian/latest'
    
    Update/add Catalan po-debconf translation
    
    See merge request debian/ckermit!2

commit 372fdded9135ef601d96e83892ab9e575f7098a5
Author: Carles Pina i Estany <carles@pina.cat>
Date:   Sun Feb 23 06:04:20 2025 +0000

    Added po-debconf Catalan translation
Created: 2025-12-17 Last update: 2025-12-23 06:17
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-2025-68920: (needs triaging) C-Kermit (aka ckermit) through 10.0 Beta.12 (aka 416-beta12) before 244644d allows a remote Kermit system to overwrite files on the local system, or retrieve arbitrary files from the local system.

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

Created: 2025-12-16 Last update: 2025-12-25 10:31
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-2025-68920: (needs triaging) C-Kermit (aka ckermit) through 10.0 Beta.12 (aka 416-beta12) before 244644d allows a remote Kermit system to overwrite files on the local system, or retrieve arbitrary files from the local system.

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

Created: 2025-12-16 Last update: 2025-12-25 10:31
debian/patches: 3 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 5 debian patches available in version 416~beta12-5 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: 2025-11-13 Last update: 2025-12-16 06:01
Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist
The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.3 instead of 4.6.2).
Created: 2024-04-07 Last update: 2025-12-23 20:00
news
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  • [2025-12-18] ckermit 416~beta12-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-12-16] Accepted ckermit 416~beta12-5 (source) into unstable (John Goerzen)
  • [2025-12-07] ckermit 416~beta12-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-12-04] Accepted ckermit 416~beta12-4 (source) into unstable (John Goerzen)
  • [2025-11-18] Accepted ckermit 416~beta12-3~bpo13+1 (source amd64) into stable-backports (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: John Goerzen)
  • [2025-11-18] ckermit 416~beta12-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-11-12] Accepted ckermit 416~beta12-3 (source) into unstable (John Goerzen)
  • [2025-10-23] Accepted ckermit 416~beta12-2 (source) into unstable (John Goerzen)
  • [2025-09-28] ckermit 416~beta12-1.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-09-23] Accepted ckermit 416~beta12-1.1 (source) into unstable (Adrian Bunk)
  • [2025-09-21] ckermit REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-04-10] ckermit 416~beta12-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-04-05] Accepted ckermit 416~beta12-1 (source) into unstable (John Goerzen)
  • [2024-09-01] Accepted ckermit 414~beta11-3~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (John Goerzen)
  • [2024-09-01] ckermit 414~beta11-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-08-26] Accepted ckermit 414~beta11-3 (source) into unstable (John Goerzen)
  • [2024-08-26] Accepted ckermit 414~beta11-2 (source) into unstable (John Goerzen)
  • [2024-08-26] Accepted ckermit 414~beta11-1 (source) into unstable (John Goerzen)
  • [2024-02-15] Accepted ckermit 408~beta11.20240207-1~bpo12+1 (source) into stable-backports (John Goerzen)
  • [2024-02-13] ckermit 408~beta11.20240207-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-02-07] Accepted ckermit 408~beta11.20240207-1 (source) into unstable (John Goerzen)
  • [2023-09-06] Accepted ckermit 405~beta10-2~bpo12+1 (source amd64) into stable-backports (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: John Goerzen)
  • [2023-08-31] ckermit 405~beta10-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-08-25] Accepted ckermit 405~beta10-2 (source) into unstable (John Goerzen)
  • [2023-07-12] ckermit 405~beta10-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-07-07] Accepted ckermit 405~beta10-1 (source) into unstable (Sébastien Villemot)
  • [2023-06-26] ckermit 404~beta09-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-06-26] ckermit 404~beta09-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-06-20] Accepted ckermit 404~beta09-1 (source) into unstable (Sébastien Villemot)
  • [2023-01-21] ckermit 402~beta08-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
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bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 1
  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 0
  • M&W: 1
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 1
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