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title: "CVE-2014-0484\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-0484

Publication date 22 September 2014

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

The Debian acpi-support package before 0.140-5+deb7u3 allows local users to
gain privileges via vectors related to the "user's environment."

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0484?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| acpi-support | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0484?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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

this issue is debian-specific, code in ubuntu is different

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| acpi-support | * Vendor:   <https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3020> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0484)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0484)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-0484)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0484)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0484>