CVE-2014-0471

Publication date 28 April 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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."

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
dpkg	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed in 1.17.5ubuntu5.1
	13.10 saucy	Fixed in 1.16.12ubuntu1.1
	12.10 quantal	Fixed in 1.16.7ubuntu6.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed in 1.16.1.2ubuntu7.3
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed in 1.15.5.6ubuntu4.7