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general

source: vim (main)
version: 2:9.1.1846-1
maintainer: Debian Vim Maintainers (DMD)
uploaders: James McCoy [DMD]
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.7.0
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1
o-o-sec: 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u3
oldstable: 2:9.0.1378-2+deb12u2
stable: 2:9.1.1230-2
testing: 2:9.1.1230-2
unstable: 2:9.1.1846-1

versioned links

2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2:9.0.1378-2+deb12u2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2:9.1.1230-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2:9.1.1829-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2:9.1.1846-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

vim (40 bugs: 0, 19, 21, 0)
vim-common (6 bugs: 0, 2, 4, 0)
vim-doc (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
vim-gtk3 (3 bugs: 0, 1, 2, 0)
vim-gui-common
vim-motif
vim-nox (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
vim-runtime (32 bugs: 0, 14, 18, 0)
vim-tiny (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
xxd (3 bugs: 0, 0, 3, 0)

action needed

2 security issues in forky high

There are 2 open security issues in forky.

2 important issues:

CVE-2025-53905: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability.
CVE-2025-53906: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1551, a path traversal issue in Vim’s zip.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1551 contains a patch for the vulnerability.

Created: 2025-08-09 Last update: 2025-10-10 22:00

17 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 17 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2025-10-12 00:31

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: 2024-01-19 Last update: 2025-10-11 23:04

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

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

docbook-xml (#802368)
- Build-Depends-Indep: docbook-xml

Created: 2022-10-24 Last update: 2025-10-11 23:04

lintian reports 11 warnings normal

Lintian reports 11 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-10-11 Last update: 2025-10-11 05:03

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 2:9.1.1846-2, distribution UNRELEASED) and new commits in its VCS. You should consider whether it's time to make an upload.

Here are the relevant commit messages:

commit bb6b3271c5f4fee5dcec3c745d05bd04aa8a6066
Author: James McCoy <jamessan@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Oct 10 15:31:10 2025 -0400

    Build without wayland on hurd
    
    Signed-off-by: James McCoy <jamessan@debian.org>

commit a6303a97d835f1b0505ca09bb894791b14e1e0c9
Author: James McCoy <jamessan@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Oct 10 15:25:22 2025 -0400

    Start new changelog
    
    Signed-off-by: James McCoy <jamessan@debian.org>

Created: 2025-10-10 Last update: 2025-10-10 22:31

AppStream hints: 2 warnings normal

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

vim-common: 1 warning
vim-gui-common: 1 warning

You should get rid of them to provide more metadata about this software.

Created: 2020-06-01 Last update: 2020-06-01 01:13

debian/patches: 5 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 5 debian patches available in version 2:9.1.1846-1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

5 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: 2025-10-11 10:01

2 low-priority security issues in trixie low

There are 2 open security issues in trixie.

2 issues left for the package maintainer to handle:

CVE-2025-53905: (needs triaging) Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability.
CVE-2025-53906: (needs triaging) Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1551, a path traversal issue in Vim’s zip.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1551 contains a patch for the vulnerability.

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

Created: 2025-07-16 Last update: 2025-10-10 22:00

3 low-priority security issues in bookworm low

There are 3 open security issues in bookworm.

3 issues left for the package maintainer to handle:

CVE-2025-29768: (needs triaging) Vim, a text editor, is vulnerable to potential data loss with zip.vim and special crafted zip files in versions prior to 9.1.1198. The impact is medium because a user must be made to view such an archive with Vim and then press 'x' on such a strange filename. The issue has been fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.1198.
CVE-2025-53905: (needs triaging) Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability.
CVE-2025-53906: (needs triaging) Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1551, a path traversal issue in Vim’s zip.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1551 contains a patch for the vulnerability.

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

Created: 2025-03-03 Last update: 2025-10-10 22:00

Issues found with some translations low

Automatic checks made by the Debian l10n team found some issues with the translations contained in this package. You should check the l10n status report for more information.

Issues can be things such as missing translations, problematic translated strings, outdated PO files, unknown languages, etc.

Created: 2020-02-26 Last update: 2023-09-13 08:27

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.2 instead of 4.7.0).

Created: 2025-02-21 Last update: 2025-10-11 00:01

testing migrations

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.
This package will soon be part of the auto-libsodium 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.
excuses:
- Migration status for vim (2:9.1.1230-2 to 2:9.1.1846-1): BLOCKED: Rejected/violates migration policy/introduces a regression
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ autopkgtest for libmceliece/0~20250507-3: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ autopkgtest for vim/2:9.1.1846-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, i386: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ autopkgtest for vim-youcompleteme/0+20240827+gitb6e8c64+ds-4: amd64: Regression ♻ (reference ♻), arm64: Regression ♻ (reference ♻), i386: Regression ♻ (reference ♻), riscv64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), s390x: Regression ♻ (reference ♻)
- ∙ ∙ missing build on ppc64el
- ∙ ∙ arch:ppc64el not built yet, autopkgtest delayed there
- ∙ ∙ Waiting for lintian test results on ppc64el - info
- ∙ ∙ Too young, only 1 of 5 days old
- Additional info:
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/v/vim.html
- ∙ ∙ Waiting for reproducibility test results on arm64 - info ♻
- Not considered

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[2025-10-10] Accepted vim 2:9.1.1846-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2025-10-06] Accepted vim 2:9.1.1829-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2025-09-24] Accepted vim 2:9.1.1766-1 (source) into experimental (James McCoy)
[2025-05-28] vim 2:9.1.1230-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-05-23] Accepted vim 2:9.1.1230-2 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2025-05-16] Accepted vim 2:9.1.1385-1 (source) into experimental (James McCoy)
[2025-03-30] Accepted vim 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u3 (source) into oldstable-security (Sean Whitton)
[2025-03-30] Accepted vim 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u2 (source) into oldstable-security (Sean Whitton)
[2025-03-27] vim 2:9.1.1230-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-03-25] Accepted vim 2:9.1.1230-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2025-02-18] vim 2:9.1.1113-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-16] Accepted vim 2:9.0.1378-2+deb12u2 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sean Whitton)
[2025-02-16] Accepted vim 2:9.1.1113-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2025-02-01] Accepted vim 2:9.0.1378-2+deb12u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sean Whitton)
[2025-01-13] vim 2:9.1.0967-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-01-10] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0967-2 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2024-12-29] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0967-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2024-11-16] vim 2:9.1.0861-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-13] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0861-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2024-10-24] vim 2:9.1.0777-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-10-13] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0777-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2024-09-28] vim 2:9.1.0709-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-09-21] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0709-2 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2024-09-03] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0709-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2024-08-28] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0698-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2024-06-23] vim 2:9.1.0496-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-06-20] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0496-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2024-05-03] vim 2:9.1.0377-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-04-27] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0377-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2024-04-26] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0374-1 (source) into unstable (Simon Quigley)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 103
RC: 0
I&N: 49
M&W: 54
F&P: 0
patch: 17

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ubuntu

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version: 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6
141 bugs (5 patches)
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