DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0476

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0476

    Published: 25 Oct 2014Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-0476

    Summary:

    Details: The slapper function in chkrootkit before 0.50 does not properly quote file paths, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse executable. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability when /tmp is not mounted with the noexec option.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0476

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chkrootkit

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/chkrootkit?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.49-5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High