Bug 1059947 (CVE-2014-1833) - CVE-2014-1833 devscripts: directory traversal flaw in uupdate
Summary: CVE-2014-1833 devscripts: directory traversal flaw in uupdate
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2014-1833
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1059948
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-01-31 03:09 UTC by Murray McAllister
Modified: 2019-09-29 13:13 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2015-01-12 22:31:22 UTC
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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.
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