{"id":"USN-2649-1","summary":"devscripts vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that the uupdate tool incorrectly handled symlinks.\nIf a user or automated system were tricked into processing specially\ncrafted files, a remote attacker could possibly replace arbitrary files,\nleading to a privilege escalation.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:54Z","published":"2015-06-16T17:13:13Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1833"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-1833","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1833"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2649-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1833"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"devscripts","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/devscripts@2.14.1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.14.1ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["2.13.4","2.13.4build1","2.13.8git1","2.13.9","2.14.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"devscripts","binary_version":"2.14.1ubuntu0.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2649-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2014-1833","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}