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title: "CVE-2009-4015\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-4015

Publication date 28 January 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Lintian 1.23.x through 1.23.28, 1.24.x through 1.24.2.1, and 2.x before
2.3.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell
metacharacters in filename arguments.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| lintian | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 2.2.17ubuntu1.1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 2.2.5ubuntu1.1 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1.24.3ubuntu0.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.23.46ubuntu0.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.23.16ubuntu2.1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4015)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4015)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-4015)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4015)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-891-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-891-1)
+ lintian vulnerabilities
+ 28 January 2010

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4015>