Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package devscripts  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1210-DEVSCRIPTS-633614
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed14 Dec 2013

Introduced: 14 Dec 2013

CVE-2013-7085  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream devscripts package and not the devscripts package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Uscan in devscripts 2.13.5, when USCAN_EXCLUSION is enabled, allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a whitespace character in a filename.