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general

source: syslog-ng (main)
version: 4.12.0-2
maintainer: syslog-ng maintainers (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: SZALAY Attila (DMD) – Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) (DMD)
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.5.0
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 3.28.1-2+deb11u1
o-o-sec: 3.28.1-2+deb11u2
oldstable: 3.38.1-5+deb12u1
stable: 4.8.1-5+deb13u1
testing: 4.12.0-2
unstable: 4.12.0-2

versioned links

3.28.1-2+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.28.1-2+deb11u2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.38.1-5+deb12u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
4.8.1-5+deb13u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
4.12.0-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

syslog-ng (9 bugs: 0, 5, 4, 0)
syslog-ng-core (9 bugs: 0, 8, 1, 0)
syslog-ng-dbg
syslog-ng-dev
syslog-ng-mod-add-contextual-data
syslog-ng-mod-amqp
syslog-ng-mod-examples
syslog-ng-mod-extra
syslog-ng-mod-geoip2
syslog-ng-mod-graphite
syslog-ng-mod-http
syslog-ng-mod-mongodb
syslog-ng-mod-python
syslog-ng-mod-rdkafka
syslog-ng-mod-redis
syslog-ng-mod-riemann
syslog-ng-mod-slog
syslog-ng-mod-snmp
syslog-ng-mod-sql
syslog-ng-mod-stardate
syslog-ng-mod-stomp
syslog-ng-mod-xml-parser
syslog-ng-scl

action needed

1 bug with a patch to review in the bug tracker normal

The bug tracker contains patches fixing 1 bug to review: include them, or remove the patch tag.

Created: 2026-11-10 Last update: 2026-11-13 02:00

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

The packages that syslog-ng depends on which need a new maintainer are:

docbook-xsl (#802370)
- Build-Depends: docbook-xsl

Created: 2019-11-22 Last update: 2026-11-13 01:00

Fails to build during reproducibility 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: 2026-10-30 Last update: 2026-11-13 00:00

version in VCS is newer than in repository, is it time to upload? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have a new changelog entry (version 4.12.0-3, distribution unstable) and new commits in its VCS. You should consider whether it's time to make an upload.

Here are the relevant commit messages:

commit 0f1b8537a7a58a402a742d7deec3ba2ddb50173c
Author: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <gcs@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Nov 7 15:39:16 2026 +0100

    Update my email address

commit 81c156e72fe164f44cc213611f475dbbaca62366
Author: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <gcs@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Nov 7 15:32:38 2026 +0100

    Update Standards-Version to 4.7.4

commit 60cadcbb76ebee3153bddc7409d4ff9491140f39
Author: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <gcs@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Nov 7 15:31:35 2026 +0100

    Update debhelper level to 13

commit 36fc6065653be52e0bb695945e4c2584d6034645
Author: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <gcs@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Nov 7 15:17:08 2026 +0100

    Remove superfluous files from d/copyright

commit 3a7f5a7950a3f002a950d307ffe699c135f969b6
Author: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <gcs@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Nov 7 09:36:48 2026 +0100

    Fix BSD-4-Clause-UC license stanza

commit d926fa90298a17a6431d863a75a38d492174d0b2
Author: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <gcs@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Nov 7 09:34:31 2026 +0100

    Add Apache-2.0 license stanza

commit d1056e9b1e42bd383c6d4d57d30de1c5734ed748
Author: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <gcs@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Nov 7 09:17:10 2026 +0100

    Refer online versions of Free Software Foundation licences

commit 190d1dcb82d021feb6f87c9f845f53aaf86fc035
Author: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <gcs@debian.org>
Date:   Tue Nov 3 07:08:01 2026 +0100

    Update watch file to version 5

Created: 2026-09-01 Last update: 2026-11-12 17:32

lintian reports 421 warnings normal

Lintian reports 421 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-05-11 Last update: 2026-10-23 08:30

Multiarch hinter reports 1 issue(s) low

There are issues with the multiarch metadata for this package.

syslog-ng-mod-extra could be marked Multi-Arch: foreign

Created: 2022-09-23 Last update: 2026-11-12 21:33

1 low-priority security issue in trixie low

There is 1 open security issue in trixie.

1 issue left for the package maintainer to handle:

CVE-2026-39879: (needs triaging) Due to a missing sanitization call in [`afsql_dd_run_query`](https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng/blob/649e6e18e3459fb4467000a88dfb12fa97f9719c/modules/afsql/afsql.c#L219), syslog-ng before 4.12 are vulnerable to SQL injection from an untrusted source. This is not part of the default configuration, the SQL driver has to be manually configured. Fixes are in syslog-ng 4.12, syslog-ng Premium Edition 8.2 and syslog-ng Store Box 7.8

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

Created: 2026-07-20 Last update: 2026-10-30 00:30

debian/patches: 2 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 2 debian patches available in version 4.12.0-2 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: 2026-10-23 08:32

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 4.5.0).

Created: 2020-11-17 Last update: 2026-10-23 00:19

testing migrations

This package will soon be part of the auto-openssl 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

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[2026-10-30] syslog-ng 4.12.0-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-10-22] Accepted syslog-ng 4.12.0-2 (source) into unstable (SZALAY Attila)
[2026-10-18] Accepted syslog-ng 4.12.0-1 (source) into unstable (SZALAY Attila)
[2025-12-06] Accepted syslog-ng 3.38.1-5+deb12u1 (source) into oldstable-proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Jochen Sprickerhof)
[2025-10-31] Accepted syslog-ng 4.8.1-5+deb13u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
[2025-09-03] syslog-ng 4.8.1-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-31] Accepted syslog-ng 4.8.1-7 (source) into unstable (SZALAY Attila)
[2025-08-16] syslog-ng 4.8.1-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-10] Accepted syslog-ng 4.8.1-6 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
[2025-06-03] syslog-ng 4.8.1-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-05-28] Accepted syslog-ng 3.28.1-2+deb11u2 (source) into oldstable-security (Abhijith PA)
[2025-05-11] Accepted syslog-ng 4.8.1-5 (source) into unstable (SZALAY Attila)
[2025-03-20] syslog-ng 4.8.1-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-03-16] Accepted syslog-ng 4.8.1-4 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
[2025-03-11] syslog-ng 4.8.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-03-07] Accepted syslog-ng 4.8.1-3 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
[2024-12-14] syslog-ng 4.8.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-12-11] Accepted syslog-ng 4.8.1-2 (source) into unstable (SZALAY Attila)
[2024-12-08] Accepted syslog-ng 4.8.1-1 (source) into unstable (SZALAY Attila)
[2024-08-20] syslog-ng 4.4.0-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-08-20] syslog-ng 4.4.0-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-08-18] Accepted syslog-ng 4.4.0-3 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
[2024-08-01] syslog-ng REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-07-27] Accepted syslog-ng 4.4.0-2 (source) into unstable (Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)) (signed by: Laszlo Boszormenyi)
[2024-05-09] syslog-ng 4.4.0-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-05-04] Accepted syslog-ng 4.4.0-1 (source) into unstable (SZALAY Attila)
[2024-03-16] syslog-ng REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-08-29] syslog-ng 4.3.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-08-26] Accepted syslog-ng 4.3.1-2 (source) into unstable (SZALAY Attila)
[2023-08-20] Accepted syslog-ng 4.3.1-1 (source) into unstable (SZALAY Attila)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 19 20
RC: 0
I&N: 12 13
M&W: 7
F&P: 0
patch: 1

links

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ubuntu

[Information about Ubuntu for Debian Developers]

version: 4.8.1-7ubuntu2
21 bugs
patches for 4.8.1-7ubuntu2