CVE-2014-0479 Command injection in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands in reportbug via version comparison flaws, requiring users to upgrade the tool.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-0479?
CVE-2014-0479 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Aug 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0479?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Canonical Reportbug, Debian Reportbug.
How do I fix CVE-2014-0479?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2014-0479 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0479 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0479, DLA-31-1, DSA-2997-1, GHSA-vv88-6c54-qwq5, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0479.