Directory Traversal Affecting devscripts package, versions <2.11.6ubuntu1.7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.04% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-DEVSCRIPTS-293292
  • published5 Feb 2014
  • disclosed5 Feb 2014

Introduced: 5 Feb 2014

CVE-2014-1833  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 devscripts to version 2.11.6ubuntu1.7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream devscripts package and not the devscripts package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Directory traversal vulnerability in uupdate in devscripts 2.14.1 allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via a crafted .orig.tar file, related to a symlink.

CVSS Scores

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