CVE-2014-1833 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2014-1833?

CVE-2014-1833 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Feb 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in uupdate in devscripts 2.14.1 allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via a crafted .orig.tar file, related to a symlink.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1833?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Devscripts Devel Team Devscripts.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1833?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2014-1833 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1833 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2012-0210 Command injection in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2012-0211 Command injection in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2012-0212 Command injection in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2009-2946 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2015-5704 Command injection in n/a High 7.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1833, GHSA-69jm-8rf8-mqcr, SUSE-SU-2024:2621-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1833, USN-2649-1.