USN-2649-1

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2649-1

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2649-1.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2649-1

Related

Published

2015-06-16T17:13:13.078350Z

Modified

2015-06-16T17:13:13.078350Z

Summary

devscripts vulnerability

Details

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"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.14.1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "devscripts-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}