CVE-2014-0479
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.8
Description
reportbug before 6.4.4+deb7u1 and 6.5.x before 6.5.0+nmu1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via vectors related to compare_versions and reportbug/checkversions.py.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 6.5.0+nmu1 |
| sid | Fixed | 6.5.0+nmu1 |
| forky | Fixed | 6.5.0+nmu1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 6.5.0+nmu1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 6.5.0+nmu1 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59896
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2997
- http://www.osvdb.org/109858
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69055
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/reportbug/+bug/1353046
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95149
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0479
CWEs
CWE-94
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.