CVE-2014-0471

Medium

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the unpacking functionality in dpkg before 1.15.9, 1.16.x before 1.16.13, and 1.17.x before 1.17.8 allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files via a crafted source package, related to "C-style filename quoting."

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductDebian Dpkg
PublishedApr 30, 2014
First seenApr 30, 2014

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
debian dpkgv ≤ 1.15.8.8, 1.9.1, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, 1.9.7, 1.9.8, 1.9.9, 1.9.10, 1.9.11, 1.9.12, 1.9.13, 1.9.14, 1.9.15, 1.9.16, 1.9.17, 1.9.18, 1.9.19, 1.9.20, 1.9.21, 1.10, 1.10.1, 1.10.2, 1.10.3, 1.10.4, 1.10.5, 1.10.6, 1.10.7, 1.10.8, 1.10.9, 1.10.11, 1.10.12, 1.10.13, 1.10.14, 1.10.15, 1.10.16, 1.10.17, 1.10.18, 1.10.18.1, 1.10.19, 1.10.20, 1.10.21, 1.10.22, 1.10.23, 1.10.24, 1.10.25, 1.10.26, 1.10.27, 1.10.28, 1.13.0, 1.13.1, 1.13.2, 1.13.3, 1.13.4, 1.13.5, 1.13.6, 1.13.7, 1.13.8, 1.13.9, 1.13.10, 1.13.11, 1.13.11.1, 1.13.12, 1.13.13, 1.13.14, 1.13.15, 1.13.16, 1.13.17, 1.13.18, 1.13.19, 1.13.20, 1.13.21, 1.13.22, 1.13.23, 1.13.24, 1.13.25, 1.14.0, 1.14.1, 1.14.2, 1.14.3, 1.14.4, 1.14.5, 1.14.6, 1.14.7, 1.14.8, 1.14.9, 1.14.10, 1.14.11, 1.14.12, 1.14.13, 1.14.14, 1.14.15, 1.14.16, 1.14.16.1, 1.14.16.2, 1.14.16.3, 1.14.16.4, 1.14.16.5, 1.14.16.6, 1.14.17, 1.14.18, 1.14.19, 1.14.20, 1.14.21, 1.14.22, 1.14.23, 1.14.24, 1.14.25, 1.14.26, 1.14.27, 1.14.28, 1.14.29, 1.14.30, 1.15.0, 1.15.1, 1.15.2, 1.15.3, 1.15.3.1, 1.15.4, 1.15.4.1, 1.15.5, 1.15.5.1, 1.15.5.2, 1.15.5.3, 1.15.5.4, 1.15.5.5, 1.15.5.6, 1.15.6, 1.15.6.1, 1.15.7, 1.15.7.1, 1.15.7.2, 1.15.8, 1.15.8.1, 1.15.8.2, 1.15.8.3, 1.15.8.4, 1.15.8.5, 1.15.8.6, 1.15.8.7, 1.15.8.9, 1.16.0, 1.16.0.1, 1.16.0.2, 1.16.0.3, 1.16.1, 1.16.1.1, 1.16.1.2, 1.16.2, 1.16.3, 1.16.4, 1.16.4.1, 1.16.4.2, 1.16.4.3, 1.16.5, 1.16.6, 1.16.7, 1.16.8, 1.16.9, 1.16.10, 1.16.11, 1.16.12, 1.17.0, 1.17.1, 1.17.2, 1.17.3, 1.17.4, 1.17.5, 1.17.6, 1.17.7—
canonical ubuntu_linux10.04, 12.04, 12.10, 13.10, 14.04—

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