CVE-2014-8625
First published: Fri Nov 07 2014(Updated: )
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the parse_error_msg function in parsehelp.c in dpkg before 1.17.22 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) package or (2) architecture name.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Debian dpkg | <=1.17.21 | |
| debian/dpkg | <=1.17.21<=1.16.2 | |
| debian/dpkg | 1.20.13 1.20.10 1.21.22 1.22.11 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157387.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/539
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/551
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/622
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=768485
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1389135
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98551
- https://internot.info/
- http://git.debian.org/?p=dpkg/dpkg.git;a=commitdiff;h=446f11d
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8625
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=0b8652b226a7601dfd71471797d15168a7337242
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- collector/security-tracker-debian
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- canonical/debian dpkg
- version/debian dpkg/1.17.21
- package-manager/debian