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title: "CVE-2014-0177\n    | Ubuntu"
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0177?format=md
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# CVE-2014-0177

Publication date 27 May 2014

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

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

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## Description

The am function in lib/hub/commands.rb in hub before 1.12.1 allows local
users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary
patch file.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0177?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| nodejs | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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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)

## Notes

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### [msalvatore](https://launchpad.net/~msalvatore)

hub is not in Ubuntu

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0177)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0177)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-0177)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0177)

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/16>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0177>