CVE-2008-0302
Untrusted search path vulnerability in apt-listchanges.py in apt-listchanges before 2.82 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious apt-listchanges program in the current working
02 Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in apt-listchanges.py in apt-listchanges before 2.82 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious apt-listchanges program in the current working
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.68% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 52.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-01-17 01:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 07:39Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-01-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1e03217919d52ac97930ac79c7aedca02277de8d796ec12404eb893b453578e9
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com28574http://secunia.com/advisories/28574
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-572-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-572-1
- packages.debian.orghttp://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/a/apt-listchanges/apt-listchanges_2.82/changelog
- git.madism.orghttp://git.madism.org/?p=apt-listchanges.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1bcfbf3dc55413bb83a1782dc9a54515a963fb32
- secunia.com28513http://secunia.com/advisories/28513
- www.debian.orgDSA-1465http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1465
- www.securityfocus.com27331http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27331
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- apt-listchanges Fixed in 2.82
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- apt-listchanges Fixed in 2.82
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- apt-listchanges Fixed in 2.82
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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