Debian GNU/Linux Data Compromise

The multiple vulnerabilities in the dpkg package of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system may lead to a breach of the integrity of protected information. These vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely...

MGASA-2014-0289 Updated dpkg packages fixes security vulnerabilities

Jakub Wilk discovered that dpkg did not correctly parse C-style filename quoting, allowing for paths to be traversed when unpacking a source package, leading to the creation of files outside the directory of the source being unpacked CVE-2014-0471. Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in dpkg...