w3m - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: w3m (main)
version: 0.5.3+git20230121-2
maintainer: Tatsuya Kinoshita (DMD)
uploaders: HIGUCHI Daisuke (VDR dai) [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: 0.5.3-37
o-o-sec: 0.5.3-37+deb10u1
oldstable: 0.5.3+git20210102-6+deb11u1
stable: 0.5.3+git20230121-2
testing: 0.5.3+git20230121-2
unstable: 0.5.3+git20230121-2

versioned links

0.5.3-37: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.5.3-37+deb10u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.5.3+git20210102-6+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
0.5.3+git20230121-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

w3m (110 bugs: 0, 28, 82, 0)
w3m-img (3 bugs: 0, 1, 2, 0)

action needed

A new upstream version is available: 0.5.3+git20230718 high

A new upstream version 0.5.3+git20230718 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2023-01-31 Last update: 2024-12-31 01:00

1 security issue in trixie high

There is 1 open security issue in trixie.

1 important issue:

CVE-2023-4255: An out-of-bounds write issue has been discovered in the backspace handling of the checkType() function in etc.c within the W3M application. This vulnerability is triggered by supplying a specially crafted HTML file to the w3m binary. Exploitation of this flaw could lead to application crashes, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Created: 2023-12-22 Last update: 2024-08-15 08:30

1 security issue in sid high

There is 1 open security issue in sid.

1 important issue:

CVE-2023-4255: An out-of-bounds write issue has been discovered in the backspace handling of the checkType() function in etc.c within the W3M application. This vulnerability is triggered by supplying a specially crafted HTML file to the w3m binary. Exploitation of this flaw could lead to application crashes, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Created: 2023-12-22 Last update: 2024-08-15 08:30

3 bugs tagged help in the BTS normal

The BTS contains 3 bugs tagged help, please consider helping the maintainer in dealing with them.

Created: 2019-03-21 Last update: 2024-12-31 01:31

1 new commit since last upload, is it time to release? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have new commits in its VCS but has not yet updated debian/changelog. You should consider updating the Debian changelog and uploading this new version into the archive.

Here are the relevant commit logs:

commit d2758b1c1ee5facd9fd6fb2f7abaf7cdc1af0308
Author: HIGUCHI Daisuke (VDR dai) <dai@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Sep 30 18:47:13 2023 +0900

    Remove myself from Uploaders.
    
    Due to personal circumstances I will reduce my acivities.

Created: 2023-09-30 Last update: 2024-12-29 05:00

lintian reports 4 warnings normal

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

Created: 2023-02-01 Last update: 2024-02-29 04:44

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-2023-4255: (needs triaging) An out-of-bounds write issue has been discovered in the backspace handling of the checkType() function in etc.c within the W3M application. This vulnerability is triggered by supplying a specially crafted HTML file to the w3m binary. Exploitation of this flaw could lead to application crashes, resulting in a denial of service condition.

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

Created: 2023-12-22 Last update: 2024-08-15 08:30

debian/patches: 1 patch to forward upstream low

Among the 1 debian patch available in version 0.5.3+git20230121-2 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

1 patch 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: 2023-02-27 20:59

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.0 instead of 4.6.2).

Created: 2024-04-07 Last update: 2024-04-07 13:15

news

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[2023-08-24] Accepted w3m 0.5.3-37+deb10u1 (source) into oldoldstable (Sylvain Beucler)
[2023-02-12] Accepted w3m 0.5.3+git20210102-6+deb11u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Tatsuya Kinoshita)
[2023-02-05] w3m 0.5.3+git20230121-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-31] Accepted w3m 0.5.3+git20230121-2 (source) into unstable (Tatsuya Kinoshita)
[2023-01-26] w3m 0.5.3+git20230121-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-21] Accepted w3m 0.5.3+git20230121-1 (source) into unstable (Tatsuya Kinoshita)
[2022-05-04] w3m 0.5.3+git20220429-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-04-29] Accepted w3m 0.5.3+git20220429-1 (source) into unstable (Tatsuya Kinoshita)
[2021-03-11] w3m 0.5.3+git20210102-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-02-28] Accepted w3m 0.5.3+git20210102-6 (source) into unstable (Tatsuya Kinoshita)
[2021-02-28] Accepted w3m 0.5.3+git20210102-5 (source) into unstable (Tatsuya Kinoshita)
[2021-02-26] Accepted w3m 0.5.3+git20210102-4 (source) into unstable (Tatsuya Kinoshita)
[2021-02-24] w3m 0.5.3+git20210102-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-02-13] Accepted w3m 0.5.3+git20210102-3 (source) into unstable (Tatsuya Kinoshita)
[2021-01-24] w3m 0.5.3+git20210102-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-01-18] Accepted w3m 0.5.3+git20210102-2 (source) into unstable (Tatsuya Kinoshita)
[2021-01-07] w3m 0.5.3+git20210102-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-01-02] Accepted w3m 0.5.3+git20210102-1 (source) into unstable (Tatsuya Kinoshita)
[2020-05-07] w3m 0.5.3-38 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-05-02] Accepted w3m 0.5.3-38 (source) into unstable (Tatsuya Kinoshita)
[2020-04-30] Accepted w3m 0.5.3-19+deb8u3 (source amd64) into oldoldstable (Thorsten Alteholz)
[2019-01-10] w3m 0.5.3-37 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2019-01-05] Accepted w3m 0.5.3-37 (source amd64) into unstable (Tatsuya Kinoshita)
[2018-02-25] Accepted w3m 0.5.3-34+deb9u1 (source amd64) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Tatsuya Kinoshita)
[2018-01-31] w3m 0.5.3-36 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2018-01-25] Accepted w3m 0.5.3-36 (source amd64) into unstable (Tatsuya Kinoshita)
[2017-12-29] w3m 0.5.3-35 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-12-24] Accepted w3m 0.5.3-35 (source amd64) into unstable (HIGUCHI Daisuke (VDR dai)) (signed by: HIGUCHI Daisuke)
[2017-12-18] w3m 0.5.3-34.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2017-12-12] Accepted w3m 0.5.3-34.1 (source amd64) into unstable (Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 104 115
RC: 1
I&N: 28 30
M&W: 75 84
F&P: 0
patch: 0
help: 3

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version: 0.5.3+git20230121-2ubuntu5
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