CVE-2014-1833

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.

How to fix CVE-2014-1833

To remediate CVE-2014-1833, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/devscripts—upgrade to 2.14.8 or later

Is CVE-2014-1833 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 2.14.8

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1833