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title: "CVE-2014-1693\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-1693

Publication date 8 December 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

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

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## Description

Multiple CRLF injection vulnerabilities in the FTP module in Erlang/OTP
R15B03 allow context-dependent attackers to inject arbitrary FTP commands
via CRLF sequences in the (1) user, (2) account, (3) cd, (4) ls, (5) nlist,
(6) rename, (7) delete, (8) mkdir, (9) rmdir, (10) recv, (11) recv\_bin,
(12) recv\_chunk\_start, (13) send, (14) send\_bin, (15) send\_chunk\_start,
(16) append\_chunk\_start, (17) append, or (18) append\_bin command.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1693?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| erlang | 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 | Fixed 1:16.b.3-dfsg-1ubuntu2.2 |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 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-2014-1693?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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

requires MITM between erlang system and ftp server or for the web
server to not do input sanitization

### 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 |
| --- | --- |
| erlang | * Upstream:   [6995e47](https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/6995e4764d2722ca315a68facd8777f3c8970db7) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1693)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1693)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-1693)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1693)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-3571-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3571-1)
+ Erlang vulnerabilities
+ 14 February 2018

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/29/3>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/29>
* <http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-bugs/2014-January/003998.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1693>