Use of Externally-Controlled Format String The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package dpkg (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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- published20 Jan 2015
- disclosed20 Jan 2015
Introduced: 20 Jan 2015
CVE-2014-8625 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dpkg package and not the dpkg package as distributed by Ubuntu.
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the parse_error_msg function in parsehelp.c in dpkg before 1.17.22 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) package or (2) architecture name.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-8625
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=768485
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8625
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157387.html
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1389135
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/539
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/551
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/622
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98551