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title: "CVE-2014-7206\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-7206

Publication date 8 October 2014

Last updated 23 September 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7206?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| 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 |

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

mitigated by symlink restrictions

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-7206)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7206)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-7206)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7206)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2370-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2370-1)
+ APT vulnerability
+ 8 October 2014

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7206>