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general
  • source: nethack (main)
  • version: 3.6.7-1
  • maintainer: Debian Games Team (archive) (DMD)
  • uploaders: Vincent Cheng [DMD] – James Cowgill [DMD]
  • 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: 3.6.1-1
  • oldstable: 3.6.6-2
  • stable: 3.6.6-3
  • testing: 3.6.7-1
  • unstable: 3.6.7-1
versioned links
  • 3.6.1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 3.6.6-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 3.6.6-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 3.6.7-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • nethack-common (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
  • nethack-console (4 bugs: 0, 1, 3, 0)
  • nethack-qt (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
  • nethack-x11 (4 bugs: 0, 3, 1, 0)
action needed
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fatal: unable to access 'https://salsa.debian.org/games-team/nethack.git/': The requested URL returned error: 503
Created: 2023-10-02 Last update: 2023-10-02 14:03
2 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal
The BTS contains patches fixing 2 bugs (3 if counting merged bugs), consider including or untagging them.
Created: 2023-09-13 Last update: 2023-10-08 02:33
lintian reports 1 warning normal
Lintian reports 1 warning about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.
Created: 2023-07-03 Last update: 2023-07-03 04:34
AppStream hints: 2 warnings normal
AppStream found metadata issues for packages:
  • nethack-qt: 1 warning
  • nethack-x11: 1 warning
You should get rid of them to provide more metadata about this software.
Created: 2019-06-08 Last update: 2022-09-04 05:18
1 low-priority security issue in bullseye low

There is 1 open security issue in bullseye.

1 issue left for the package maintainer to handle:
  • CVE-2023-24809: (needs triaging) NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game. Starting with version 3.6.2 and prior to version 3.6.7, illegal input to the "C" (call) command can cause a buffer overflow and crash the NetHack process. This vulnerability may be a security issue for systems that have NetHack installed suid/sgid and for shared systems. For all systems, it may result in a process crash. This issue is resolved in NetHack 3.6.7. There are no known workarounds.

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

Created: 2023-02-18 Last update: 2023-07-08 07:30
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-2023-24809: (needs triaging) NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game. Starting with version 3.6.2 and prior to version 3.6.7, illegal input to the "C" (call) command can cause a buffer overflow and crash the NetHack process. This vulnerability may be a security issue for systems that have NetHack installed suid/sgid and for shared systems. For all systems, it may result in a process crash. This issue is resolved in NetHack 3.6.7. There are no known workarounds.

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

Created: 2023-06-10 Last update: 2023-07-08 07:30
debian/patches: 9 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 10 debian patches available in version 3.6.7-1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

  • 9 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: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2023-07-03 08:31
news
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  • [2023-07-08] nethack 3.6.7-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-07-02] Accepted nethack 3.6.7-1 (source) into unstable (Reiner Herrmann) (signed by: Markus Koschany)
  • [2022-08-28] nethack 3.6.6-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-08-23] Accepted nethack 3.6.6-3 (source) into unstable (Reiner Herrmann) (signed by: Markus Koschany)
  • [2021-01-18] nethack 3.6.6-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2021-01-10] Accepted nethack 3.6.6-2 (source amd64) into unstable, unstable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Markus Koschany)
  • [2020-05-31] Accepted nethack 3.6.6-1 (source) into unstable (Markus Koschany)
  • [2020-03-05] nethack REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2018-09-22] nethack 3.6.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2018-09-16] Accepted nethack 3.6.1-1 (source) into unstable (James Cowgill)
  • [2016-07-02] nethack 3.6.0-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2016-06-26] Accepted nethack 3.6.0-4 (source) into unstable (James Cowgill)
  • [2016-04-08] nethack 3.6.0-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2016-04-01] Accepted nethack 3.6.0-3 (source) into unstable (James Cowgill)
  • [2016-03-29] nethack 3.6.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2016-03-23] Accepted nethack 3.6.0-2 (source) into unstable (James Cowgill)
  • [2016-03-23] nethack 3.6.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2016-03-11] Accepted nethack 3.6.0-1 (source) into unstable (James Cowgill)
  • [2014-05-17] nethack 3.4.3-15 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2014-05-12] Accepted nethack 3.4.3-15 (source amd64) (Vincent Cheng)
  • [2012-06-23] nethack 3.4.3-14 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2012-06-12] Accepted nethack 3.4.3-14 (source amd64) (Vincent Cheng) (signed by: Bernhard R. Link)
  • [2012-05-30] nethack 3.4.3-13 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2012-05-19] Accepted nethack 3.4.3-13 (source amd64) (Ana Beatriz Guerrero Lopez) (signed by: Ana Beatriz Guerrero López)
  • [2012-02-21] nethack 3.4.3-12.3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2012-02-10] Accepted nethack 3.4.3-12.3 (source i386) (Christian Perrier)
  • [2011-09-08] nethack 3.4.3-12.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2011-08-28] Accepted nethack 3.4.3-12.2 (source amd64) (Luca Falavigna)
  • [2010-05-20] nethack 3.4.3-12.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2010-05-14] Accepted nethack 3.4.3-12.1 (source i386) (Luca Falavigna)
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bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 15 16
  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 7
  • M&W: 8 9
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 2 3
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