CVE-2014-1833
Directory traversal vulnerability in uupdate in devscripts 2.14.1 allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via a crafted .orig.tar file, related to a symlink.
02 Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in uupdate in devscripts 2.14.1 allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via a crafted .orig.tar file, related to a symlink.
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
- 3.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.3% 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 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2014-02-05 18:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 09:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-01-30
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4d39b13204eff614c0f468a5c98c64bc412db0ae3c5b3b8fc9bc419f0edf4983
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140131 Re: CVE request: uupdate (devscripts) directory traversalhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/31/11
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1059947
- www.securityfocus.com65260http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65260
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comdevscripts-cve20141833-dir-trav(90842)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90842
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140131 CVE request: uupdate (devscripts) directory traversalhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/31/7
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737160
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2649-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2649-1
- osvdb.org102748http://osvdb.org/102748
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- devscripts Fixed in 2.14.8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- devscripts Fixed in 2.14.8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- devscripts Fixed in 2.14.8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- devscripts Fixed in 2.14.1ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.