USN-6912-1

James Henstridge discovered that provd incorrectly handled environment variables. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary programs and escalate privileges.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / provd

Package

Name: provd
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/provd@0.1.2+24.04?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.1.2+24.04

Affected versions

0.*

0.1.0

0.1.1

0.1.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "provd",
            "binary_version": "0.1.2+24.04"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2024-6714",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS"
}