UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14804

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14804
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14804.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14804
Upstream
Published
2018-03-01T20:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:31Z
Severity
  • 9.9 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The build package before 20171128 did not check directory names during extraction of build results that allowed untrusted builds to write outside of the target system,allowing escape out of buildroots.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / obs-build

Package

Name
obs-build
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/obs-build@20141024-1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other

20141024-1

20141024-1.*

20141024-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "obs-build",
            "binary_version": "20141024-1.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14804.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / obs-build

Package

Name
obs-build
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/obs-build@20170201-3?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other

20170201-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "obs-build",
            "binary_version": "20170201-3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14804.json"