python-apt - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: python-apt (main)
version: 3.1.0
maintainer: APT Development Team (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Julian Andres Klode [DMD] – Michael Vogt [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: 2.2.1
o-o-sec: 2.2.1.1
oldstable: 2.6.0
stable: 3.0.0
testing: 3.1.0
unstable: 3.1.0

versioned links

2.2.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.2.1.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.6.0: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.0.0: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
3.1.0: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

python-apt-common (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
python-apt-dev
python-apt-doc (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
python3-apt (23 bugs: 0, 20, 3, 0)

action needed

3 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 3 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-04-06 Last update: 2026-05-09 14:00

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: 2026-05-04 Last update: 2026-05-09 12:18

5 new commits 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 4959613e23bacb58e8ac32b03aaad04ac4817c59
Merge: 07481e9 7d6a805
Author: Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
Date:   Mon Mar 9 09:20:20 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'fix-oom-killer' into 'main'
    
    tarfile: add extract_data flag to go() and test cases, and other fixes
    
    See merge request apt-team/python-apt!108

commit 7d6a80507b54c10a380655072bef395033dff254
Author: Simon Johnsson <simzter@outlook.com>
Date:   Fri Sep 5 15:57:30 2025 +0200

    tarfile: add extract_data flag to go() and test cases

commit 5feeb37d4e12bb6f8db62425d6c4db618e008f6a
Author: Simon Johnsson <simzter@outlook.com>
Date:   Fri Sep 5 15:56:05 2025 +0200

    tarfile: fix oom killer

commit f93677ac3cf29dd2dffa4224dd4990551836a88b
Author: Simon Johnsson <simzter@outlook.com>
Date:   Fri Sep 5 15:54:46 2025 +0200

    tarfile: stylistic changes

commit 07481e91ceaf7aa55249a18163a066c939573c24
Author: Julian Andres Klode <julian.klode@canonical.com>
Date:   Mon Mar 2 22:58:49 2026 +0100

    Copyright changes

Created: 2026-03-03 Last update: 2026-05-04 20:02

lintian reports 18 warnings normal

Lintian reports 18 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-04-10 Last update: 2026-04-22 09:00

16 open merge requests in Salsa normal

There are 16 open merge requests for this package on Salsa. You should consider reviewing and/or merging these merge requests.

Created: 2025-08-19 Last update: 2026-04-14 02:33

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-2025-6966: (needs triaging) NULL pointer dereference in TagSection.keys() in python-apt on APT-based Linux systems allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a crafted deb822 file with a malformed non-UTF-8 key.

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

Created: 2025-12-05 Last update: 2026-04-28 19:02

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-2025-6966: (needs triaging) NULL pointer dereference in TagSection.keys() in python-apt on APT-based Linux systems allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a crafted deb822 file with a malformed non-UTF-8 key.

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

Created: 2025-12-05 Last update: 2026-04-28 19:02

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: 2026-03-31 15:01

news

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[2025-12-19] python-apt 3.1.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-12-15] Accepted python-apt 3.1.0 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-12-14] Accepted python-apt 2.2.1.1 (source) into oldoldstable-security (Utkarsh Gupta)
[2025-04-12] python-apt 3.0.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-04-09] Accepted python-apt 3.0.0 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-02-22] python-apt 2.9.9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-17] Accepted python-apt 2.9.9 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-02-01] python-apt 2.9.8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-01-28] Accepted python-apt 2.9.8 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2025-01-28] Accepted python-apt 2.9.7 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2024-12-31] python-apt 2.9.6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-12-28] Accepted python-apt 2.9.6 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2024-12-20] Accepted python-apt 2.9.5 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2024-12-17] Accepted python-apt 2.9.4 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2024-12-11] Accepted python-apt 2.9.3 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2024-12-05] python-apt 2.9.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-12-04] Accepted python-apt 2.9.2 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2024-11-25] Accepted python-apt 2.9.1 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2024-05-06] python-apt 2.9.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-05-02] Accepted python-apt 2.9.0 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2024-04-27] python-apt 2.8.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-04-27] python-apt 2.8.0 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-04-17] Accepted python-apt 2.8.0 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2024-03-23] Accepted python-apt 2.7.7 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2024-02-24] python-apt 2.7.6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-02-21] Accepted python-apt 2.7.6 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2024-01-19] python-apt 2.7.5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-01-12] Accepted python-apt 2.7.5 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2023-12-22] Accepted python-apt 2.7.4 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)
[2023-12-21] Accepted python-apt 2.7.3 (source) into unstable (Julian Andres Klode)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 48
RC: 0
I&N: 33
M&W: 14
F&P: 1
patch: 3

links

lintian (0, 18)
buildd: logs, reproducibility, cross
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ubuntu

[Information about Ubuntu for Debian Developers]

version: 3.1.0ubuntu1
46 bugs (2 patches)
patches for 3.1.0ubuntu1