UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0471

Directory traversal vulnerability in the unpacking functionality in dpkg before 1.15.9, 1.16.x before 1.16.13, and 1.17.x before 1.17.8 allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files via a crafted source package, related to "C-style filename quoting."

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / dpkg

Package

Name: dpkg
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/dpkg@1.17.5ubuntu5.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.17.5ubuntu5.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.16.12ubuntu1

1.17.1ubuntu1

1.17.5ubuntu1

1.17.5ubuntu2

1.17.5ubuntu3

1.17.5ubuntu4

1.17.5ubuntu5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "dpkg",
            "binary_version": "1.17.5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dpkg-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.17.5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dselect",
            "binary_version": "1.17.5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdpkg-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.17.5ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libdpkg-perl",
            "binary_version": "1.17.5ubuntu5.1"
        }
    ]
}