USN-2183-1: dpkg vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 13.10
• Ubuntu 12.10
• Ubuntu 12.04
• Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

• dpkg - Debian package management system

Details

Jakub Wilk discovered that dpkg incorrectly certain paths and symlinks when
unpacking source packages. If a user or an automated system were tricked
into unpacking a specially crafted source package, a remote attacker could
modify files outside the target unpack directory, leading to a denial of
service or potentially gaining access to the system.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04

• libdpkg-perl - 1.17.5ubuntu5.1

Ubuntu 13.10

• libdpkg-perl - 1.16.12ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 12.10

• libdpkg-perl - 1.16.7ubuntu6.1

Ubuntu 12.04

• libdpkg-perl - 1.16.1.2ubuntu7.3

Ubuntu 10.04

• dpkg-dev - 1.15.5.6ubuntu4.7

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2014-0471

Related notices

• USN-2183-2: dpkg, libdpkg-dev, libdpkg-perl, dselect, dpkg-dev