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    CVE-2011-0402

    dpkg-source in dpkg before 1.14.31 and 1.15.x allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files in the .pc directory.

    Published:Jan 11, 2011
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Jan 11, 2011
    EPSS Score:0.01293
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Dpkg

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    CVE-2014-8625 (CVSS 6.8) — Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the parse_error_msg function in parsehelp.c in dpkg before 1.17.22 a…
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    References

    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053306.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053311.html
    http://osvdb.org/70367
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42826
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42831
    http://secunia.com/advisories/43054
    http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2142
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45703
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1038-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0040
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0044
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0196
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64614
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053306.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053311.html
    http://osvdb.org/70367
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42826
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42831
    http://secunia.com/advisories/43054
    http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2142
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45703
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1038-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0040
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0044
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0196
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64614

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    High
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