UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2886

See a problem?
Please try reporting it to the source first.

Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2886

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2886.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2886

Upstream

CVE-2014-2886

Published

2014-09-18T10:55:00Z

Modified

2025-10-24T04:45:08Z

Severity

Ubuntu - low

Summary

[none]

Details

GKSu 2.0.2, when sudo-mode is not enabled, uses " (double quote) characters in a gksu-run-helper argument, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands in certain situations involving an untrusted substring within this argument, as demonstrated by an untrusted filename encountered during installation of a VirtualBox extension pack.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / gksu

Package

Name: gksu
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/gksu@2.0.2-6ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.2-6ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.2-6ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "gksu"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2886.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / gksu