CVE-2014-1833

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-1833
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-02-05 18:55:06 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionDirectory 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS: 0.006470000 probability, percentile 0.708380000 (date 2026-05-04)

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Devscripts Devel Team Devscripts 2.14.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-2649-1: devscripts vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
1059947 – (CVE-2014-1833) CVE-2014-1833 devscripts: directory traversal flaw in uupdate af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
#737160 - uupdate: CVE-2014-1833: symlink directory traversal - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
osvdb.org/102748 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
oss-security - Re: CVE request: uupdate (devscripts) directory traversal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian devscripts Package 'uupdate' Symlink Directory Traversal Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - CVE request: uupdate (devscripts) directory traversal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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