UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0479

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0479
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0479.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0479
Upstream
Published
2014-08-06T19:55:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:31:38Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

reportbug before 6.4.4+deb7u1 and 6.5.x before 6.5.0+nmu1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via vectors related to compare_versions and reportbug/checkversions.py.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / reportbug

Package

Name
reportbug
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/reportbug@6.5.0+nmu1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.5.0+nmu1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

6.*
6.4.4ubuntu1
6.5.0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python-reportbug",
            "binary_version": "6.5.0+nmu1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "reportbug",
            "binary_version": "6.5.0+nmu1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0479.json"