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title: "CVE-2014-8148\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8148?format=md
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# CVE-2014-8148

Publication date 26 January 2015

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

The default D-Bus access control rule in Midgard2 10.05.7.1 allows local
users to send arbitrary method calls or signals to any process on the
system bus and possibly execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| midgard2-core | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release |
| 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 21.10 impish | Not in release |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Vulnerable |
| 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 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 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)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8148)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8148)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-8148)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8148)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8148>