VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-7206
The changelog command in Apt before 1.0.9.2 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the changelog file.
LOW 3.6EPSS 0.39%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The changelog command in Apt before 1.0.9.2 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the changelog file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.6 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 32th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- debian/advanced package tool · debian/apt
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61158
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61333
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61768
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3048Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70310
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2370-1Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=763780
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96951
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61158
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61333
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61768
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3048Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70310
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2370-1Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=763780
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96951
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.