USN-2370-1

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    USN-2370-1

    Published: 8 Oct 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: apt vulnerability

    Details: Guillem Jover discovered that APT incorrectly created a temporary file when handling the changelog command. A local attacker could use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files. In the default installation of Ubuntu, this should be prevented by the kernel link restrictions.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2370-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7206

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: apt

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.1ubuntu2.5

    Affected versions

    0.9.9.1~ubuntu3
    0.9.9.1~ubuntu4
    0.9.9.1~ubuntu5
    0.9.13~exp1ubuntu1
    0.9.13~exp1ubuntu2
    0.9.13~exp1ubuntu3
    0.9.13.1~ubuntu1
    0.9.14.1ubuntu1
    0.9.14.1ubuntu2
    0.9.15.1ubuntu1
    0.9.15.4ubuntu1
    0.9.15.4ubuntu2
    0.9.15.4ubuntu3
    0.9.15.4ubuntu4
    0.9.15.4ubuntu5

    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