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source: hexchat (main)
version: 2.14.2-4
maintainer: Mattia Rizzolo [DMD]
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.2.1
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 2.10.1-1+deb8u2
oldstable: 2.12.4-3
old-bpo: 2.14.2-4~bpo9+1
stable: 2.14.2-4
testing: 2.14.2-4
unstable: 2.14.2-4

versioned links

2.10.1-1+deb8u2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.12.4-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.14.2-4~bpo9+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.14.2-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

hexchat (5 bugs: 0, 2, 3, 0)
hexchat-common
hexchat-dev
hexchat-lua
hexchat-perl
hexchat-plugins (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
hexchat-python2
hexchat-python3

action needed

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 1 bug, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2019-04-01 Last update: 2019-07-23 08:34

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

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

unifont (#923914)
- Suggests: unifont

Created: 2019-03-07 Last update: 2019-07-23 08:20

2 ignored security issues in jessie low

There are 2 open security issues in jessie.

2 issues skipped by the security teams:

CVE-2016-2087: Directory traversal vulnerability in the client in HexChat 2.11.0 allows remote IRC servers to read or modify arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the server name.
CVE-2016-2233: Stack-based buffer overflow in the inbound_cap_ls function in common/inbound.c in HexChat 2.10.2 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of options in a CAP LS message.

Please fix them.

Created: 2017-01-20 Last update: 2019-07-07 09:01

1 ignored security issue in stretch low

There is 1 open security issue in stretch.

1 issue skipped by the security teams:

CVE-2016-2087: Directory traversal vulnerability in the client in HexChat 2.11.0 allows remote IRC servers to read or modify arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the server name.

Please fix it.

Created: 2017-01-23 Last update: 2019-07-07 09:01

Build log checks report 1 warning low

Build log checks report 1 warning

Created: 2017-10-26 Last update: 2017-10-26 07:22

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.4.0 instead of 4.2.1).

Created: 2018-12-23 Last update: 2019-07-08 20:08

testing migrations

This package is part of the ongoing testing transition known as python2-rm. Please avoid uploads unrelated to this transition, they would likely delay it and require supplementary work from the release managers. On the other hand, if your package has problems preventing it to migrate to testing, please fix them as soon as possible. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.
This package will soon be part of the auto-perl 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.

news

[2019-06-03] Accepted hexchat 2.14.2-4~bpo9+1 (source) into stretch-backports->backports-policy, stretch-backports (Mattia Rizzolo)
[2019-06-01] hexchat 2.14.2-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-05-26] Accepted hexchat 2.14.2-4 (source) into unstable (Mattia Rizzolo)
[2018-12-19] Accepted hexchat 2.14.2-3~bpo9+1 (source) into stretch-backports (Mattia Rizzolo)
[2018-12-17] hexchat 2.14.2-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-12-03] Accepted hexchat 2.14.2-3 (source) into unstable (Mattia Rizzolo)
[2018-10-02] Accepted hexchat 2.14.2-2~bpo9+1 (source) into stretch-backports (Mattia Rizzolo)
[2018-10-01] hexchat 2.14.2-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-09-26] Accepted hexchat 2.14.2-2 (source) into unstable (Mattia Rizzolo)
[2018-09-07] Accepted hexchat 2.14.2-1~bpo9+1 (source) into stretch-backports (Mattia Rizzolo)
[2018-09-07] hexchat 2.14.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-09-01] Accepted hexchat 2.14.2-1 (source) into unstable (Mattia Rizzolo)
[2018-04-11] Accepted hexchat 2.14.1-2~bpo9+1 (source all amd64) into stretch-backports, stretch-backports (Mattia Rizzolo)
[2018-03-26] hexchat 2.14.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-03-20] Accepted hexchat 2.14.1-2 (source) into unstable (Mattia Rizzolo)
[2018-03-19] hexchat 2.14.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-03-14] Accepted hexchat 2.14.1-1 (source) into unstable (Mattia Rizzolo)
[2018-03-14] Accepted hexchat 2.14.0-1 (source) into unstable (Mattia Rizzolo)
[2018-03-02] hexchat 2.12.4-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-02-24] Accepted hexchat 2.12.4-6 (source) into unstable (Mattia Rizzolo)
[2017-08-07] Accepted hexchat 2.10.1-1+deb8u2 (all source) into oldstable-proposed-updates->oldstable-new, oldstable-proposed-updates (Mattia Rizzolo)
[2017-07-23] hexchat 2.12.4-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-07-15] Accepted hexchat 2.12.4-5 (source) into unstable (Mattia Rizzolo)
[2017-07-14] Accepted hexchat 2.12.4-4 (source) into unstable (Mattia Rizzolo)
[2017-06-06] Accepted hexchat 2.12.4-3~bpo8+1 (all source) into jessie-backports->backports-policy, jessie-backports (Mattia Rizzolo)
[2017-06-02] hexchat 2.12.4-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-05-30] Accepted hexchat 2.12.4-3 (source) into unstable (Mattia Rizzolo)
[2017-02-06] hexchat 2.12.4-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-02-06] Accepted hexchat 2.12.4-2~bpo8+1 (source all) into jessie-backports (Mattia Rizzolo)
[2017-01-26] Accepted hexchat 2.12.4-2 (source) into unstable (Mattia Rizzolo)

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bugs [bug history graph]

all: 6
RC: 0
I&N: 2
M&W: 4
F&P: 0
patch: 1

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