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general
  • source: w3m (main)
  • version: 0.5.3+git20230121-2.1
  • 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+git20210102-6+deb11u1
  • oldstable: 0.5.3+git20230121-2
  • stable: 0.5.3+git20230121-2.1
  • testing: 0.5.3+git20230121-2.1
  • unstable: 0.5.3+git20230121-2.1
versioned links
  • 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]
  • 0.5.3+git20230121-2.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • w3m (116 bugs: 0, 32, 84, 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: 2025-12-21 16:30
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: 2025-12-21 21:30
1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal
The BTS contains patches fixing 1 bug, consider including or untagging them.
Created: 2025-01-25 Last update: 2025-12-21 21:30
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: 2025-09-19 Last update: 2025-12-21 16:31
lintian reports 6 warnings normal
Lintian reports 6 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.
Created: 2025-01-03 Last update: 2025-08-27 14:02
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-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: 2025-10-25 22:00
debian/patches: 2 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 2 debian patches available in version 0.5.3+git20230121-2.1 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: 2025-01-03 15:01
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 4.6.2).
Created: 2024-04-07 Last update: 2025-02-27 13:25
testing migrations
  • excuses:
    • Migration status for w3m (0.5.3+git20230121-2.1 to 0.5.3+git20230121-2.2): BLOCKED: Maybe temporary, maybe blocked but Britney is missing information (check below)
    • Issues preventing migration:
    • ∙ ∙ Missing build on riscv64
    • ∙ ∙ Piuparts check waiting for test results - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/w/w3m.html
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest deferred on riscv64: missing arch:riscv64 build
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for aerc: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for dbus-glib: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for gimp: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered (will not be considered a regression) ♻ (reference ♻)
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for gt5: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for gtkmm2.4: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for libwwwbrowser-perl: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for nghttp2: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for pysatellites: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for python-coverage: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for reform-tools: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for spamassassin: amd64: Test triggered, arm64: Test triggered, i386: Test triggered, ppc64el: Test triggered, s390x: Test triggered
    • ∙ ∙ Lintian check waiting for test results - info
    • ∙ ∙ Too young, only 0 of 5 days old
    • Additional info (not blocking):
    • ∙ ∙ Waiting for reproducibility test results on amd64 - info ♻
    • ∙ ∙ Waiting for reproducibility test results on arm64 - info ♻
    • Not considered
news
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  • [2025-12-21] Accepted w3m 0.5.3+git20230121-2.2 (source) into unstable (Chris Hofstaedtler) (signed by: Christian Hofstaedtler)
  • [2025-01-08] w3m 0.5.3+git20230121-2.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-01-03] Accepted w3m 0.5.3+git20230121-2.1 (source) into unstable (Niels Thykier)
  • [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)
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bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 109 120
  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 32 34
  • M&W: 77 86
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 1
  • help: 3
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