USN-2649-1

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    USN-2649-1

    Published: 16 Jun 2015Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: devscripts vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that the uupdate tool incorrectly handled symlinks. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing specially crafted files, a remote attacker could possibly replace arbitrary files, leading to a privilege escalation.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2649-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1833

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: devscripts

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.14.1ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    2.13.4
    2.13.4build1
    2.13.8git1
    2.13.9

    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