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source: file (main)
version: 1:5.37-3
maintainer: Christoph Biedl [DMD]
arch: any
std-ver: 4.4.0
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 1:5.22+15-2+deb8u4
o-o-sec: 1:5.22+15-2+deb8u5
oldstable: 1:5.30-1+deb9u2
old-sec: 1:5.30-1+deb9u1
stable: 1:5.35-4
testing: 1:5.35-4
unstable: 1:5.37-3

versioned links

1:5.22+15-2+deb8u4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1:5.22+15-2+deb8u5: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1:5.30-1+deb9u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1:5.30-1+deb9u2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1:5.35-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
1:5.37-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

file (50 bugs: 0, 27, 23, 0)
libmagic-dev
libmagic-mgc (2 bugs: 0, 1, 1, 0)
libmagic1 (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)

action needed

3 bugs tagged help in the BTS normal

The BTS contains 3 bugs tagged help, please consider helping the maintainer in dealing with them.

Created: 2019-03-21 Last update: 2019-07-21 08:07

2 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 2 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2019-04-01 Last update: 2019-07-21 08:07

lintian reports 1 warning normal

Lintian reports 1 warning about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2019-07-19 Last update: 2019-07-19 03:07

2 ignored security issues in stretch low

There are 2 open security issues in stretch.

2 issues skipped by the security teams:

CVE-2019-8907: do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
CVE-2019-8905: do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 has a stack-based buffer over-read, related to file_printable, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-10360.

Please fix them.

Created: 2019-02-18 Last update: 2019-07-20 08:51

testing migrations

excuses:
- Too young, only 1 of 5 days old
- Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/f/file.html
- autopkgtest for binutils/2.31.1-16: amd64: Regression ♻
- autopkgtest for cross-toolchain-base/36: amd64: Regression ♻
- autopkgtest for cross-toolchain-base-mipsen/4: amd64: Regression ♻
- autopkgtest for diffoscope/113: amd64: Regression ♻
- Not considered

news

[2019-07-19] Accepted file 1:5.37-3 (source) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2019-07-19] Accepted file 1:5.37-2 (source) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2019-07-07] Accepted file 1:5.37-1 (source) into experimental (Christoph Biedl)
[2019-03-12] file 1:5.35-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-03-02] Accepted file 1:5.35-4 (source) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2019-03-01] Accepted file 1:5.35-3 (source) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2019-02-28] Accepted file 1:5.22+15-2+deb8u5 (source amd64 all) into oldstable (Adrian Bunk)
[2019-01-17] file 1:5.35-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-01-11] Accepted file 1:5.35-2 (source) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2018-11-03] Accepted file 1:5.35-1 (source) into experimental (Christoph Biedl)
[2018-08-12] file 1:5.34-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-08-06] Accepted file 1:5.34-2 (source) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2018-07-26] Accepted file 1:5.34-1 (source) into experimental (Christoph Biedl)
[2018-06-14] Accepted file 1:5.30-1+deb9u2 (source armel all) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Christoph Biedl)
[2018-06-14] file 1:5.33-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-06-13] Accepted file 1:5.22+15-2+deb8u4 (source powerpc all) into oldstable-proposed-updates->oldstable-new, oldstable-proposed-updates (Christoph Biedl)
[2018-06-11] Accepted file 1:5.33-3 (source powerpc) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2018-05-04] file 1:5.33-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-04-29] Accepted file 1:5.33-2 (source powerpc) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2018-04-24] Accepted file 1:5.33-1 (source powerpc) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2018-02-19] file 1:5.32-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-02-13] Accepted file 1:5.32-2 (source powerpc) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2017-09-08] file 1:5.32-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-09-07] Accepted file 1:5.30-1+deb9u1 (source) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Salvatore Bonaccorso)
[2017-09-05] Accepted file 1:5.32-1 (source powerpc all) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2017-08-12] file 1:5.31-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-08-06] Accepted file 1:5.31-1 (source armel all) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2017-05-08] file 1:5.30-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-04-29] Accepted file 1:5.30-1 (source powerpc all) into unstable (Christoph Biedl)
[2017-02-05] file 1:5.29-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

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bugs [bug history graph]

all: 54 57
RC: 0
I&N: 31 33
M&W: 23 24
F&P: 0
patch: 2
help: 3
NC: 1

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