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source: ckermit (main)
version: 1:11.1.517-1
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+deb13u1
stable-bpo: 1:11.1.515-2~bpo13+1
testing: 1:11.1.515-2
unstable: 1:11.1.517-1

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+deb13u1: [.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]
1:11.0.508-1~bpo13+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1:11.1.515-2~bpo13+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1:11.1.515-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1:11.1.517-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

ckermit

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: 2026-11-12 00:00

4 security issues in bookworm high

There are 4 open security issues in bookworm.

3 important issues:

TEMP-0000000-251AA7:
TEMP-0000000-864706:
TEMP-0000000-B9FC93:

1 issue postponed or untriaged:

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.

Created: 2026-11-02 Last update: 2026-11-11 12:32

3 low-priority security issues in trixie low

There are 3 open security issues in trixie.

3 issues left for the package maintainer to handle:

TEMP-0000000-251AA7: (needs triaging)
TEMP-0000000-864706: (needs triaging)
TEMP-0000000-B9FC93: (needs triaging)

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

Created: 2026-11-02 Last update: 2026-11-11 12:32

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 4.6.2).

Created: 2024-04-07 Last update: 2026-11-11 12:32

testing migrations

This package will soon be part of the auto-openssl transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.
excuses:
- Migration status for ckermit (1:11.1.515-2 to 1:11.1.517-1): BLOCKED: Maybe temporary, maybe blocked but Britney is missing information (check below)
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Missing build on riscv64
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest deferred on riscv64: missing arch:riscv64 build
- ∙ ∙ Lintian check waiting for test results on riscv64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Too young, only 1 of 5 days old
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/c/ckermit.html
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on amd64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on arm64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on armhf - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on i386 - info
- Not considered

news

[2026-11-11] Accepted ckermit 1:11.1.517-1 (source) into unstable (John Goerzen)
[2026-11-05] Accepted ckermit 1:11.1.515-2~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (John Goerzen)
[2026-11-03] ckermit 1:11.1.515-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-10-31] Accepted ckermit 1:11.1.515-2 (source) into unstable (John Goerzen)
[2026-10-31] Accepted ckermit 1:11.1.515-1 (source) into unstable (John Goerzen)
[2026-09-30] Accepted ckermit 1:11.0.513-1 (source) into unstable (John Goerzen)
[2026-09-30] Accepted ckermit 1:11.0.508-1~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (John Goerzen)
[2026-09-20] Accepted ckermit 1:11.0.511-1 (source) into unstable (John Goerzen)
[2026-08-22] ckermit 1:11.0.508-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-08-11] Accepted ckermit 1:11.0.508-1 (source) into unstable (John Goerzen)
[2026-08-11] Accepted ckermit 1:11.0.506-1~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (John Goerzen)
[2026-08-09] ckermit 1:11.0.506-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-08-04] Accepted ckermit 1:11.0.506-1 (source) into unstable (John Goerzen)
[2026-08-01] ckermit 1:11.0.504-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-07-27] Accepted ckermit 1:11.0.502-2~bpo13+1 (source) into stable-backports (John Goerzen)
[2026-07-27] Accepted ckermit 1:11.0.504-1 (source) into unstable (John Goerzen)
[2026-07-27] ckermit 1:11.0.502-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-07-25] Accepted ckermit 1:11.0.502-2 (source) into unstable (John Goerzen)
[2026-07-24] Accepted ckermit 1:11.0.502-1 (source) into unstable (John Goerzen)
[2026-07-23] Accepted ckermit 1:11.0-4 (source) into unstable (John Goerzen)
[2026-07-23] Accepted ckermit 1:11.0-3 (source) into unstable (John Goerzen)
[2026-07-23] Accepted ckermit 1:11.0-2 (source) into unstable (John Goerzen)
[2026-07-23] Accepted ckermit 1:11.0-1 (source) into unstable (John Goerzen)
[2026-06-08] Accepted ckermit 416~beta12-1+deb13u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Adrian Bunk)
[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)

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