UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0476

The slapper function in chkrootkit before 0.50 does not properly quote file paths, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse executable. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability when /tmp is not mounted with the noexec option.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / chkrootkit

Package

Name: chkrootkit
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/chkrootkit@0.49-4.1ubuntu1.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.49-4.1ubuntu1.14.04.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.49-4.1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "chkrootkit",
            "binary_version": "0.49-4.1ubuntu1.14.04.1"
        }
    ]
}