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0008667Kali LinuxTool Upgrade Requestpublic2024-09-15 08:25
ReporterArszilla Assigned Tosbrun  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Fixed in Versionkali-dev 
Summary0008667: python3-sqlalchemy (sqlalchemy) Version Discrepency
Description

While packaging NetExec (https://bugs.kali.org/view.php?id=8533) for release, I have noticed that the version of sqlalchemy/python3-sqlalchemy is 1.4.50+ds1-1 - coming from Debian upstream. However, when I checked https://pkg.kali.org and investigated the matter further, I noticed that the version of sqlalchemy from Debian is 2.0.19+ds1-1, updated 7 months ago. I have also observed that the version in Kali (1.4.50+ds1-1) is non-existent according to the changelog

As a result, I have a few questions:

  1. Why is there a version discrepancy between the changelogs? Has Kali re-packaged sqlalchemy?
  2. Why is the version in Kali outdated, despite the package being available in Kali from Debian upstream?
  3. Since netexec requires python3-sqlalchemy version 2.0.4 or higher, is there any way of upgrading this package to the current one from Debian?

Thanks in advance!

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sbrun

sbrun

2024-03-15 08:24

manager   ~0019027

Last edited: 2024-03-15 08:32

Let me try to answer

 2. Why is the version in Kali outdated, despite the package being available in Kali from Debian upstream?

kali-rolling is based on Debian Testing. The version in testing is 1.4.50+ds1-1 that's why we have this version in Kali.
The version 2.0.19+ds1-1 in only in Debian Experimental (https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/sqlalchemy)

1. Why is there a version discrepancy between the changelogs? Has Kali re-packaged sqlalchemy?

The version in Debian experimental has been uploaded a long time ago, the new upstream release 1.4.50 didn't exist. It has been released after (upstream maintenance).
That's why the debian/changelog does not mention the version 1.4.50.
The maintainer uploaded it in experimental because it's used by a lot of packages and an update will probably break some of them.

3. Since netexec requires python3-sqlalchemy version 2.0.4 or higher, is there any way of upgrading this package to the current one from Debian?

We are dependent on the Debian Python Team: If we import the new version in Kali, we will probably break a lot of packages and we don't have the resources to check and fix them all in Kali.
FTR the Debian Python Team is working on the Python 3.12 migration, and the version 1.4 is broken with Python 3.12 so maybe they will work on the update of sqlalchemy quickly.

We have other updates / packages blocked by this old version of sqlalchemy. I'm not sure if we can find a work around while waiting for the update on the Debian side.

Arszilla

Arszilla

2024-03-15 12:17

reporter   ~0019030

Would you like me to raise a bug ticket with Debian to get the Debian Python Team to see if they can make this happen? If not, I will speak with the NetExec devs and see if they can lower their sqlalchemy version to what Kali has for the time being.

sbrun

sbrun

2024-03-15 14:51

manager   ~0019033

FYI
There is already a bug asking for the update: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1030164

And the last message about the update on the mailing list is here: https://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2024/02/msg00043.html

Arszilla

Arszilla

2024-03-16 18:29

reporter   ~0019044

Ah great, thanks for sharing that Sophie.

Thanks for the insight as well - I totally overlooked the experimental tag.

You can close the ticket if you'd like :)

sbrun

sbrun

2024-09-10 10:22

manager   ~0019730

The version 2.0.32+ds1-1 is now in kali-dev: it will be soon in kali-rolling

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2024-03-13 15:31 Arszilla New Issue
2024-03-14 20:24 Gamb1t Assigned To => arnaudr
2024-03-14 20:24 Gamb1t Status new => assigned
2024-03-15 08:03 sbrun Assigned To arnaudr => sbrun
2024-03-15 08:24 sbrun Note Added: 0019027
2024-03-15 08:32 arnaudr Note Edited: 0019027
2024-03-15 12:17 Arszilla Note Added: 0019030
2024-03-15 14:51 sbrun Note Added: 0019033
2024-03-16 18:29 Arszilla Note Added: 0019044
2024-09-10 10:22 sbrun Note Added: 0019730
2024-09-10 10:23 sbrun Status assigned => resolved
2024-09-10 10:23 sbrun Resolution open => fixed
2024-09-10 10:23 sbrun Fixed in Version => kali-dev