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title: "CVE-2014-4740\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4740?format=md
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# CVE-2014-4740

Publication date 9 July 2014

Last updated 4 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs:
CVE-2014-4907, CVE-2014-4908. Reason: This candidate is a duplicate of
CVE-2014-4907 and CVE-2014-4908. Notes: All CVE users should reference
CVE-2014-4907 and/or CVE-2014-4908 instead of this candidate. All
references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent
accidental usage

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4740?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| pnp4nagios | 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 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 |
| 12.04 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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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

rejected; duplicate of CVE-2014-4907, CVE-2014-4908.
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/140

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4740)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4740)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-4740)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4740)

### Other references

* <http://sourceforge.net/p/pnp4nagios/code/ci/f846a6c9d007ca2bee05359af747619151195fc9>
* <http://secunia.com/advisories/59603>
* <http://docs.pnp4nagios.org/pnp-0.6/dwnld>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4740>
