UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7069

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7069
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7069.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7069
Upstream
  • CVE-2013-7069
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:57Z
Published
2013-12-14T17:21:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:31:30.241221Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

ack 2.00 through 2.11_02 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) --pager, (2) --regex, or (3) --output option in a .ackrc file in a directory to be searched.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / ack-grep

Package

Name
ack-grep
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ack-grep@2.12-1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.12-1

Affected versions

2.*
2.04-2
2.10-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ack-grep",
            "binary_version": "2.12-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7069.json"