newlib - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: newlib (main)
version: 3.3.0-1.3
maintainer: Agustin Henze (DMD) (LowNMU)
arch: all
std-ver: 4.2.0
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 2.4.0.20160527-2
oldstable: 3.1.0.20181231-1
stable: 3.3.0-1
testing: 3.3.0-1.3
unstable: 3.3.0-1.3

versioned links

2.4.0.20160527-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.1.0.20181231-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.3.0-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.3.0-1.3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libnewlib-arm-none-eabi (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
libnewlib-dev
libnewlib-doc
newlib-source

action needed

A new upstream version is available: 4.3.0.20230120 high

A new upstream version 4.3.0.20230120 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2020-11-19 Last update: 2023-03-24 23:02

1 security issue in sid high

There is 1 open security issue in sid.

1 important issue:

CVE-2021-3420: A flaw was found in newlib in versions prior to 4.0.0. Improper overflow validation in the memory allocation functions mEMALIGn, pvALLOc, nano_memalign, nano_valloc, nano_pvalloc could case an integer overflow, leading to an allocation of a small buffer and then to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Created: 2022-07-04 Last update: 2023-02-21 19:38

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

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

Created: 2022-07-27 Last update: 2023-03-24 22:32

Does not build reproducibly during testing normal

A package building reproducibly enables third parties to verify that the source matches the distributed binaries. It has been identified that this source package produced different results, failed to build or had other issues in a test environment. Please read about how to improve the situation!

Created: 2021-11-02 Last update: 2023-03-24 18:34

lintian reports 4 warnings normal

Lintian reports 4 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2020-07-29 Last update: 2022-07-30 12:15

Multiarch hinter reports 2 issue(s) low

There are issues with the multiarch metadata for this package.

libnewlib-doc could be marked Multi-Arch: foreign
newlib-source could be marked Multi-Arch: foreign

Created: 2016-09-14 Last update: 2023-03-24 18:36

debian/patches: 2 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 2 debian patches available in version 3.3.0-1.3 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

2 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: 2023-02-26 15:54

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-2021-3420: (needs triaging) A flaw was found in newlib in versions prior to 4.0.0. Improper overflow validation in the memory allocation functions mEMALIGn, pvALLOc, nano_memalign, nano_valloc, nano_pvalloc could case an integer overflow, leading to an allocation of a small buffer and then to a heap-based buffer overflow.

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

Created: 2022-07-04 Last update: 2023-02-21 19:38

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.6.2 instead of 4.2.0).

Created: 2018-08-26 Last update: 2022-12-17 19:18

news

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[2021-12-24] newlib 3.3.0-1.3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-12-22] Accepted newlib 3.3.0-1.3 (source) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2021-11-02] newlib 3.3.0-1.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-10-30] Accepted newlib 3.3.0-1.2 (source) into unstable (John Scott) (signed by: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz)
[2021-09-03] Accepted newlib 3.3.0-1.1 (source all) into experimental, experimental (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Tobias Frost)
[2020-03-07] newlib 3.3.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-03-05] Accepted newlib 3.3.0-1 (source) into unstable (Joaquin de Andres) (signed by: Agustin Henze)
[2019-02-21] newlib 3.1.0.20181231-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-02-11] Accepted newlib 3.1.0.20181231-1 (source all) into unstable (Agustin Henze)
[2018-12-04] newlib 3.0.0.20180831-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-12-01] Accepted newlib 3.0.0.20180831-1 (source all) into unstable (Agustin Henze)
[2018-08-14] newlib 3.0.0.20180802-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-08-12] Accepted newlib 3.0.0.20180802-2 (source all) into unstable (Agustin Henze)
[2018-08-12] Accepted newlib 3.0.0.20180802-1 (source all) into unstable (Agustin Henze)
[2018-04-12] newlib 2.4.0.20160527-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-04-06] Accepted newlib 2.4.0.20160527-4 (source all) into unstable (Agustin Henze)
[2017-09-26] newlib 2.4.0.20160527-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-09-20] Accepted newlib 2.4.0.20160527-3 (source all) into unstable (Agustin Henze)
[2017-01-10] newlib 2.4.0.20160527-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-12-30] Accepted newlib 2.4.0.20160527-2 (source all) into unstable (Agustin Henze)
[2016-12-20] newlib 2.4.0.20160527-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-12-09] Accepted newlib 2.4.0.20160527-1 (source all) into unstable (Agustin Henze)
[2016-09-28] newlib 2.2.0+git20150830.5a3d536-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2016-09-27] newlib REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2015-09-07] newlib 2.2.0+git20150830.5a3d536-1 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2015-08-31] Accepted newlib 2.2.0+git20150830.5a3d536-1 (source all) into unstable (Agustin Henze)
[2015-08-20] newlib 2.1.0+git20141201.db59ff3-2 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2015-08-19] newlib REMOVED from testing (Britney)
[2015-05-27] newlib 2.1.0+git20141201.db59ff3-2 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
[2015-05-21] Accepted newlib 2.1.0+git20141201.db59ff3-2 (source all) into unstable (Agustin Henze)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 5
RC: 0
I&N: 5
M&W: 0
F&P: 0
patch: 1

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version: 3.3.0-1.3
1 bug