Jakub Wilk discovered that dpkg incorrectly certain paths and symlinks when
unpacking source packages. If a user or an automated system were tricked
into unpacking a specially crafted source package, a remote attacker could
modify files outside the target unpack directory, leading to a denial of
service or potentially gaining access to the system.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | libdpkg-perl | < 1.17.5ubuntu5.1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | dpkg | < 1.17.5ubuntu5.1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | dselect | < 1.17.5ubuntu5.1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | libdpkg-dev | < 1.17.5ubuntu5.1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 13.10 | noarch | libdpkg-perl | < 1.16.12ubuntu1.1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 13.10 | noarch | dpkg | < 1.16.12ubuntu1.1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 13.10 | noarch | dselect | < 1.16.12ubuntu1.1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 13.10 | noarch | libdpkg-dev | < 1.16.12ubuntu1.1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 12.10 | noarch | libdpkg-perl | < 1.16.7ubuntu6.1 | UNKNOWN |
Ubuntu | 12.10 | noarch | dpkg | < 1.16.7ubuntu6.1 | UNKNOWN |