CVE-2014-0479 (GCVE-0-2014-0479)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-08-06 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 09:20
VLAI
Summary
reportbug before 6.4.4+deb7u1 and 6.5.x before 6.5.0+nmu1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via vectors related to compare_versions and reportbug/checkversions.py.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/59896 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2997 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69055 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/reportb… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.osvdb.org/109858 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Date Public
2014-08-05 00:00
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