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title: "CVE-2014-2095\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-2095

Publication date 26 February 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

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Catfish 0.6.0 through 1.0.0, when a
Fedora package such as 0.8.2-1 is not used, allows local users to gain
privileges via a Trojan horse bin/catfish.pyc under the current working
directory.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| catfish | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 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)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2095)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2095)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-2095)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2095)

### Other references

* <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1069396>
* <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=739958>
* <http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/25/4>
* <http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/25/2>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2095>
