CVE-2014-1226

Publication date 6 April 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The pipe_init_terminal function in main.c in s3dvt allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging setuid permissions and usage of bash 4.3 and earlier. NOTE: This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-6876.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
s3d	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 in release
	13.10 saucy	Ignored end of life
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life

Notes

seth-arnold

Debian notes: Not running with elevated privileges in Debian packaging automated triage tools suggested debian had released a fix, but I did not verify

sbeattie

debian fix in 0.2.2-9 is slightly different from Hector's patch

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
s3d	Other: http://hmarco.org/bugs/patches/s3dvt-fix-setuid-pipe-terminal.patch

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H