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source: youtube-dl (main)
version: 2021.12.17-2
maintainer: Andreas Tille (DMD) (LowNMU)
uploaders: Andres Salomon [DMD]
arch: all
std-ver: 4.6.0
VCS: Git (Browse)

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

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 2019.01.17-1.1
oldstable: 2021.06.06-1
old-bpo: 2021.12.17-1~bpo11+1
stable: 2021.12.17-2

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2019.01.17-1.1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2021.06.06-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2021.12.17-1~bpo11+1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2021.12.17-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

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youtube-dl

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This package is not in any development repository. This probably means that the package has been removed (or has been renamed). Thus the information here is of little interest ... the package is going to disappear unless someone takes it over and reintroduces it.

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No known security issue in bookworm wishlist

There is 1 open security issue in bookworm.

1 ignored issue:

CVE-2023-35934: yt-dlp is a command-line program to download videos from video sites. During file downloads, yt-dlp or the external downloaders that yt-dlp employs may leak cookies on HTTP redirects to a different host, or leak them when the host for download fragments differs from their parent manifest's host. This vulnerable behavior is present in yt-dlp prior to 2023.07.06 and nightly 2023.07.06.185519. All native and external downloaders are affected, except for `curl` and `httpie` (version 3.1.0 or later). At the file download stage, all cookies are passed by yt-dlp to the file downloader as a `Cookie` header, thereby losing their scope. This also occurs in yt-dlp's info JSON output, which may be used by external tools. As a result, the downloader or external tool may indiscriminately send cookies with requests to domains or paths for which the cookies are not scoped. yt-dlp version 2023.07.06 and nightly 2023.07.06.185519 fix this issue by removing the `Cookie` header upon HTTP redirects; having native downloaders calculate the `Cookie` header from the cookiejar, utilizing external downloaders' built-in support for cookies instead of passing them as header arguments, disabling HTTP redirectiong if the external downloader does not have proper cookie support, processing cookies passed as HTTP headers to limit their scope, and having a separate field for cookies in the info dict storing more information about scoping Some workarounds are available for those who are unable to upgrade. Avoid using cookies and user authentication methods. While extractors may set custom cookies, these usually do not contain sensitive information. Alternatively, avoid using `--load-info-json`. Or, if authentication is a must: verify the integrity of download links from unknown sources in browser (including redirects) before passing them to yt-dlp; use `curl` as external downloader, since it is not impacted; and/or avoid fragmented formats such as HLS/m3u8, DASH/mpd and ISM.

Created: 2024-08-24 Last update: 2025-02-27 05:02

news

[2023-09-26] Removed 2021.12.17-2 from unstable (Debian FTP Masters)
[2023-07-12] youtube-dl REMOVED from testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-14] youtube-dl 2021.12.17-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-01-03] Accepted youtube-dl 2021.12.17-2 (source) into unstable (Andres Salomon)
[2022-12-21] Accepted youtube-dl 2021.12.17-1~bpo11+1 (source all) into bullseye-backports (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Andreas Tille)
[2021-12-25] youtube-dl 2021.12.17-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-12-19] Accepted youtube-dl 2021.12.17-1 (source) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2021-08-02] Accepted youtube-dl 2021.06.06-1~bpo10+1 (source) into buster-backports->backports-policy, buster-backports (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Roger Shimizu)
[2021-07-14] youtube-dl 2021.06.06-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-07-08] Accepted youtube-dl 2021.06.06-1 (source) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2021-06-17] youtube-dl 2021.02.10-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-06-09] Accepted youtube-dl 2021.02.10-2 (source) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2021-05-13] Accepted youtube-dl 2021.04.26-1 (source) into experimental (Andreas Tille)
[2021-05-08] Accepted youtube-dl 2021.02.10-2 (source) into experimental (Andreas Tille)
[2021-03-15] Accepted youtube-dl 2021.02.10-1~bpo10+1 (source) into buster-backports->backports-policy, buster-backports (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Roger Shimizu)
[2021-02-24] youtube-dl 2021.02.10-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-02-13] Accepted youtube-dl 2021.02.10-1 (source) into unstable (Rogério Brito) (signed by: Rogério Theodoro de Brito)
[2021-02-10] youtube-dl 2021.02.04.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-02-05] Accepted youtube-dl 2021.02.04.1-1 (source) into unstable (Rogério Brito) (signed by: Rogério Theodoro de Brito)
[2021-01-20] Accepted youtube-dl 2021.01.08-1~bpo10+1 (source) into buster-backports (Roger Shimizu)
[2021-01-20] youtube-dl 2021.01.08-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-01-15] Accepted youtube-dl 2021.01.08-1 (source) into unstable (Andreas Tille)
[2020-12-06] youtube-dl 2020.11.29-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-12-05] Accepted youtube-dl 2020.11.29-1~bpo10+1 (source) into buster-backports (Roger Shimizu)
[2020-12-01] Accepted youtube-dl 2020.11.29-1 (source) into unstable (Rogério Brito) (signed by: Rogério Theodoro de Brito)
[2020-11-28] youtube-dl 2020.11.21.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-11-23] Accepted youtube-dl 2020.11.21.1-1 (source) into unstable (Rogério Brito) (signed by: Rogério Theodoro de Brito)
[2020-11-22] Accepted youtube-dl 2020.11.12-1~bpo10+1 (source) into buster-backports (Roger Shimizu)
[2020-11-22] youtube-dl 2020.11.12-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2020-11-16] Accepted youtube-dl 2020.11.12-1 (source) into unstable (Rogério Brito) (signed by: Rogério Theodoro de Brito)

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RC: 0
I&N: 1
M&W: 0
F&P: 0
patch: 0

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