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CVE-2014-0471

Directory traversal vulnerability in the unpacking functionality in dpkg before 1.15.9, 1.16.x before 1.16.13, and 1.17.x before 1.17.8 allows remote attackers…

Impact

Directory traversal vulnerability in the unpacking functionality in dpkg before 1.15.9, 1.16.x before 1.16.13, and 1.17.x before 1.17.8 allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files via a crafted source package, related to "C-style filename quoting."

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
DebianDpkg
through 1.15.8.8
Versions 1.9.1, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, 1.9.7, 1.9.8
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 10.04, 12.04, 12.10, 13.10, 14.04

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