CPANSA-Dpkg-2014-8625: Dpkg vulnerability

Publisher giterlizzi Document category csaf_security_advisory
Initial release date 2015-01-20T00:00:00 Engine CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.25
Current release date 2015-01-20T00:00:00 Build Date
Current version 1 Status final
CVSS v3.1 Base Score Severity
Original language Language en
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Vulnerability Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the parse_error_msg function in parsehelp.c in dpkg before 1.17.22 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) package or (2) architecture name.

Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-8625

Vulnerability Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the parse_error_msg function in parsehelp.c in dpkg before 1.17.22 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) package or (2) architecture name.

Weakness CWE-134 : Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Product status

Known affected
Product Score
Dpkg less than 1.17.22
CVSS Version CVSS Vector CVSS Base Score CVSS Base Severity
2.0 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 6.8 Medium
Fixed

giterlizzi

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gdt@cpan.org

References

Revision history

Version Date of the revision Summary of the revision
1 Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 2015 First release

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