USN-2649-1

It was discovered that the uupdate tool incorrectly handled symlinks. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing specially crafted files, a remote attacker could possibly replace arbitrary files, leading to a privilege escalation.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / devscripts

Package

Name: devscripts
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/devscripts@2.14.1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.14.1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.13.4

2.13.4build1

2.13.8git1

2.13.9

2.14.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "devscripts"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2014-1833"
        }
    ]
}