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title: "CVE-2014-4910\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-4910

Publication date 24 July 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

Directory traversal vulnerability in tools/backlight\_helper.c in X.Org
xf86-video-intel 2.99.911 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite
arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the interface name.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4910?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| xserver-xorg-video-intel | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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## Notes

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

added in 2.99.911

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4910)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4910)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-4910)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4910)

### Other references

* <http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-commit/2014-July/036840.html>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/11>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4910>