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CVE-2014-7206

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Date: October 15, 2014

The changelog command in Apt before 1.0.9.2 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the changelog file.

Language: C++

Severity Score

5.1

Related Resources (12)

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3048

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70310

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2370-1

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7206

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/61768

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7206

Url: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=763780

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-7206

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96951

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/61158

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/61333

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-7206

Severity Score

5.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

Link Following

CWE-59

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 1.0.9.2

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.1
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	3.6
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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