Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting reportbug package, versions <6.5.0+nmu1ubuntu0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.7% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-REPORTBUG-326320
  • published6 Aug 2014
  • disclosed6 Aug 2014

Introduced: 6 Aug 2014

CVE-2014-0479  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 reportbug to version 6.5.0+nmu1ubuntu0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream reportbug package and not the reportbug package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

reportbug before 6.4.4+deb7u1 and 6.5.x before 6.5.0+nmu1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via vectors related to compare_versions and reportbug/checkversions.py.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1