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source: cron (main)
version: 3.0pl1-130
maintainer: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña [DMD]
uploaders: Christian Kastner [DMD]
arch: any
std-ver: 3.9.8
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 3.0pl1-124
oldstable: 3.0pl1-127+deb8u1
stable: 3.0pl1-128+deb9u1
testing: 3.0pl1-130
unstable: 3.0pl1-130

versioned links

3.0pl1-124: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.0pl1-127+deb8u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.0pl1-128+deb9u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.0pl1-130: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

cron

action needed

A new upstream version is available: 4.1 high

A new upstream version 4.1 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2017-11-21 Last update: 2018-12-16 08:31

Failed to analyze the VCS repository. Please troubleshoot and fix the issue. high

vcswatch reports that there is an error with this package's VCS, or the debian/changelog file inside it. Please check the error shown below and try to fix it. You might have to update the VCS URL in the debian/control file to point to the correct repository.

fatal: repository 'https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-cron/pkg-cron.git/' not found

Created: 2017-12-03 Last update: 2018-12-15 12:12

lintian reports 2 errors and 7 warnings high

Lintian reports 2 errors and 7 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2018-04-11 Last update: 2018-09-10 05:02

Standards version of the package is outdated. high

The package is severely out of date with respect to the Debian Policy. The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.2.1 instead of 3.9.8).

Created: 2017-10-07 Last update: 2018-08-26 08:17

22 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 22 bugs (24 if counting merged bugs), consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2018-10-01 Last update: 2018-12-16 09:37

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

The packages that cron depends on which need a new maintainer are:

anacron (#897138)
- Suggests: anacron

Created: 2018-01-14 Last update: 2018-12-16 07:52

The URL(s) for this package had some recent persistent issues low

DUCK reports some issues concerning upstream URLs defined for this package.

Created: 2018-09-07 Last update: 2018-12-16 07:54

1 ignored security issue in stretch low

There is 1 open security issue in stretch.

1 issue skipped by the security teams:

CVE-2017-9525: In the cron package through 3.0pl1-128 on Debian, and through 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2 on Ubuntu, the postinst maintainer script allows for group-crontab-to-root privilege escalation via symlink attacks against unsafe usage of the chown and chmod programs.

Please fix it.

Created: 2017-06-09 Last update: 2018-06-02 08:03

1 ignored security issue in jessie low

There is 1 open security issue in jessie.

1 issue skipped by the security teams:

CVE-2017-9525: In the cron package through 3.0pl1-128 on Debian, and through 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2 on Ubuntu, the postinst maintainer script allows for group-crontab-to-root privilege escalation via symlink attacks against unsafe usage of the chown and chmod programs.

Please fix it.

Created: 2017-06-09 Last update: 2018-06-02 08:03

news

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[2018-03-18] cron 3.0pl1-130 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-03-12] Accepted cron 3.0pl1-130 (source i386) into unstable (Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña) (signed by: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino)
[2018-03-11] Accepted cron 3.0pl1-129 (source i386) into unstable (Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña) (signed by: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino)
[2017-12-09] Accepted cron 3.0pl1-128+deb9u1 (source amd64) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Laurent Bigonville)
[2017-10-12] cron 3.0pl1-128.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-10-06] Accepted cron 3.0pl1-128.1 (source amd64) into unstable (Laurent Bigonville)
[2015-06-11] Accepted cron 3.0pl1-127+deb8u1 (source i386) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Christian Kastner) (signed by: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino)
[2015-05-19] cron 3.0pl1-128 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2015-05-14] Accepted cron 3.0pl1-128 (source i386) into unstable (Christian Kastner) (signed by: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino)
[2014-11-05] cron 3.0pl1-127 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-10-25] Accepted cron 3.0pl1-127 (source i386) into unstable (Christian Kastner) (signed by: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino)
[2014-10-24] Accepted cron 3.0pl1-126 (source i386) into unstable (Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña) (signed by: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino)
[2014-10-24] Accepted cron 3.0pl1-125 (source i386) into unstable (Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña) (signed by: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino)
[2014-08-15] cron 3.0pl1-124.2 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2014-08-09] Accepted cron 3.0pl1-124.2 (source) into unstable (Ansgar Burchardt)
[2014-06-10] cron 3.0pl1-124.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2014-06-04] Accepted cron 3.0pl1-124.1 (source amd64) (Laurent Bigonville)
[2012-07-09] cron 3.0pl1-124 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-07-03] Accepted cron 3.0pl1-124 (source i386) (Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña)
[2012-07-03] cron 3.0pl1-123 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-06-23] Accepted cron 3.0pl1-123 (source i386) (Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña)
[2012-02-10] cron 3.0pl1-121 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2012-01-30] Accepted cron 3.0pl1-121 (source i386) (Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña)
[2011-09-29] cron 3.0pl1-120 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2011-09-18] Accepted cron 3.0pl1-120 (source i386) (Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña)
[2011-08-18] cron 3.0pl1-119 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2011-08-07] Accepted cron 3.0pl1-119 (source i386) (Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a) (signed by: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña)
[2011-06-17] cron 3.0pl1-118 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2011-06-05] Accepted cron 3.0pl1-118 (source i386) (Christian Kastner) (signed by: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña)
[2011-05-30] Accepted cron 3.0pl1-117 (source i386) (Christian Kastner) (signed by: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 95 100
RC: 0
I&N: 27
M&W: 66 70
F&P: 2 3
patch: 22 24

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ubuntu

[Information about Ubuntu for Debian Developers]

version: 3.0pl1-128.1ubuntu1
58 bugs (5 patches)
patches for 3.0pl1-128.1ubuntu1