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USN-1038-1: dpkg vulnerability

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USN-1038-1: dpkg vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/10/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in dpkg-source in dpkg before 1.14.31 and 1.15.x allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in a patch for a source-format 3.0 package.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-dpkg-dev

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