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source: perl (main)
version: 5.40.1-3
maintainer: Niko Tyni (DMD)
uploaders: Dominic Hargreaves [DMD]
arch: all 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: 5.28.1-6+deb10u1
oldstable: 5.32.1-4+deb11u3
old-sec: 5.32.1-4+deb11u4
stable: 5.36.0-7+deb12u2
stable-sec: 5.36.0-7+deb12u2
testing: 5.40.1-3
unstable: 5.40.1-3
exp: 5.40.1-4

versioned links

5.28.1-6+deb10u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
5.32.1-4+deb11u3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
5.32.1-4+deb11u4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
5.36.0-7+deb12u2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
5.40.1-3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
5.40.1-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

libperl-dev (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
libperl5.40 (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
perl (121 bugs: 0, 55, 66, 0)
perl-base (6 bugs: 0, 4, 2, 0)
perl-debug (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
perl-doc (74 bugs: 0, 9, 65, 0)
perl-modules-5.40

action needed

A new upstream version is available: 5.40.2 high

A new upstream version 5.40.2 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2025-04-13 Last update: 2025-07-03 09:30

The VCS repository is not up to date, push the missing commits. high

vcswatch reports that the current version of the package is not in its VCS.
Either you need to push your commits and/or your tags, or the information about the package's VCS are out of date. A common cause of the latter issue when using the Git VCS is not specifying the correct branch when the packaging is not in the default one (remote HEAD branch), which is usually "master" but can be modified in salsa.debian.org in the project's general settings with the "Default Branch" field). Alternatively the Vcs-Git field in debian/control can contain a "-b <branch-name>" suffix to indicate what branch is used for the Debian packaging.

Created: 2025-06-29 Last update: 2025-06-29 15:06

1 security issue in trixie high

There is 1 open security issue in trixie.

1 important issue:

CVE-2025-40909: Perl threads have a working directory race condition where file operations may target unintended paths. If a directory handle is open at thread creation, the process-wide current working directory is temporarily changed in order to clone that handle for the new thread, which is visible from any third (or more) thread already running. This may lead to unintended operations such as loading code or accessing files from unexpected locations, which a local attacker may be able to exploit. The bug was introduced in commit 11a11ecf4bea72b17d250cfb43c897be1341861e and released in Perl version 5.13.6

Created: 2025-05-23 Last update: 2025-05-31 05:30

1 security issue in sid high

There is 1 open security issue in sid.

1 important issue:

CVE-2025-40909: Perl threads have a working directory race condition where file operations may target unintended paths. If a directory handle is open at thread creation, the process-wide current working directory is temporarily changed in order to clone that handle for the new thread, which is visible from any third (or more) thread already running. This may lead to unintended operations such as loading code or accessing files from unexpected locations, which a local attacker may be able to exploit. The bug was introduced in commit 11a11ecf4bea72b17d250cfb43c897be1341861e and released in Perl version 5.13.6

Created: 2025-05-23 Last update: 2025-05-31 05:30

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 4.7.2 instead of 3.9.8).

Created: 2017-06-21 Last update: 2025-04-14 01:25

lintian reports 7 errors and 87 warnings high

Lintian reports 7 errors and 87 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2024-11-07 Last update: 2025-04-10 23:01

9 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 9 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2025-07-03 13:31

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

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

db5.3 (#1055356)
- Depends: libdb5.3t64
db-defaults (#1055344)
- Build-Depends: libdb-dev

Created: 2023-11-04 Last update: 2025-07-03 10:33

2 low-priority security issues in bookworm low

There are 2 open security issues in bookworm.

2 issues left for the package maintainer to handle:

CVE-2023-31484: (needs triaging) CPAN.pm before 2.35 does not verify TLS certificates when downloading distributions over HTTPS.
CVE-2025-40909: (needs triaging) Perl threads have a working directory race condition where file operations may target unintended paths. If a directory handle is open at thread creation, the process-wide current working directory is temporarily changed in order to clone that handle for the new thread, which is visible from any third (or more) thread already running. This may lead to unintended operations such as loading code or accessing files from unexpected locations, which a local attacker may be able to exploit. The bug was introduced in commit 11a11ecf4bea72b17d250cfb43c897be1341861e and released in Perl version 5.13.6

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

Created: 2023-06-10 Last update: 2025-05-31 05:30

debian/patches: 34 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 43 debian patches available in version 5.40.1-3 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

34 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: 2025-04-14 09:03

news

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[2025-06-29] Accepted perl 5.40.1-4 (source) into experimental (Niko Tyni)
[2025-04-15] perl 5.40.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-14] Accepted perl 5.36.0-7+deb12u2 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Niko Tyni)
[2025-04-13] Accepted perl 5.40.1-3 (source) into unstable (Niko Tyni)
[2025-04-13] Accepted perl 5.36.0-7+deb12u2 (source) into stable-security (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Niko Tyni)
[2025-02-21] perl 5.40.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-16] Accepted perl 5.40.1-2 (source) into unstable (Niko Tyni)
[2025-01-19] Accepted perl 5.40.1-1 (source) into experimental (Niko Tyni)
[2024-11-29] perl 5.40.0-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-23] Accepted perl 5.40.0-8 (source) into unstable (Niko Tyni)
[2024-11-11] perl 5.40.0-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-06] Accepted perl 5.40.0-7 (source) into unstable (Niko Tyni)
[2024-10-24] perl 5.40.0-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-10-21] Accepted perl 5.32.1-4+deb11u4 (source) into oldstable-security (Guilhem Moulin)
[2024-10-14] Accepted perl 5.40.0-6 (source) into unstable (Niko Tyni)
[2024-09-13] Accepted perl 5.40.0-5 (source) into experimental (Niko Tyni)
[2024-09-01] Accepted perl 5.40.0-4 (source) into experimental (Niko Tyni)
[2024-08-12] Accepted perl 5.40.0-3 (source) into experimental (Niko Tyni)
[2024-08-07] Accepted perl 5.40.0-2 (source) into experimental (Niko Tyni)
[2024-07-31] Accepted perl 5.40.0-1 (source) into experimental (Niko Tyni)
[2024-06-07] perl 5.38.2-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-06-03] Accepted perl 5.40.0~rc1-1 (all amd64 source) into experimental (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Niko Tyni)
[2024-05-30] Accepted perl 5.38.2-5 (source) into unstable (Niko Tyni)
[2024-05-03] perl 5.38.2-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-04-27] Accepted perl 5.38.2-4 (source) into unstable (Niko Tyni)
[2024-03-06] Accepted perl 5.38.2-3.2 (source) into unstable (Steve Langasek)
[2024-03-04] Accepted perl 5.38.2-3.1 (source armhf all) into unstable (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Steve Langasek)
[2024-01-20] perl 5.38.2-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-01-12] Accepted perl 5.38.2-3 (source) into unstable (Niko Tyni)
[2024-01-09] Accepted perl 5.38.2-2 (source) into unstable (Niko Tyni)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 215 221
RC: 0
I&N: 76 78
M&W: 139 143
F&P: 0
patch: 9

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