CVE-2014-7206

Publication date 8 October 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

The changelog command in Apt before 1.0.9.2 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the changelog file.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
apt 14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.0.1ubuntu2.5
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.21
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected

Notes


mdeslaur

mitigated by symlink restrictions

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