DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0476

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0476
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0476.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0476
Upstream
Published
2014-10-25T22:55:04Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:25:31Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The slapper function in chkrootkit before 0.50 does not properly quote file paths, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse executable. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability when /tmp is not mounted with the noexec option.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / chkrootkit

Package

Name
chkrootkit
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/chkrootkit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.49-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / chkrootkit

Package

Name
chkrootkit
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/chkrootkit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.49-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / chkrootkit

Package

Name
chkrootkit
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/chkrootkit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.49-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / chkrootkit

Package

Name
chkrootkit
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/chkrootkit?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.49-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}