Bug 1059947 (CVE-2014-1833)

Summary:	CVE-2014-1833 devscripts: directory traversal flaw in uupdate
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Murray McAllister <mmcallis>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	jrusnack, manisandro
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Description Murray McAllister 2014-01-31 03:09:45 UTC

Jakub Wilk reported a directory traversal flaw in uupdate that "can trick uupdate into patching files outside the source package directory". A patch is not yet available.

Further details and a reproducer are available from http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737160

Comment 1 Murray McAllister 2014-01-31 03:13:14 UTC

CVE request: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/31/7

Comment 2 Murray McAllister 2014-01-31 03:13:52 UTC

Created devscripts tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-20 [bug 1059948]

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2014-10-28 06:39:55 UTC

devscripts-2.14.10-1.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2014-11-01 16:32:07 UTC

devscripts-2.14.10-1.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.