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.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2621-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2014-1833: Fixed symlink directory traversal in uupdate (bsc#861514)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2649-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the uupdate tool incorrectly handled symlinks. If a user or automated system were     tricked into processing specially crafted files, a remote attacker could possibly replace arbitrary files,     leading to a privilege escalation.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Update to version 2.14.10, see http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/d/devscripts/de vscripts_2.14.10_changelog for details. Update to version 2.14.9, see http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/d/devscripts/de vscripts_2.14.9_changelog for details. Update to version 2.14.8, see http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/d/devscripts/de vscripts_2.14.8_changelog for details. Fixes CVE-2014-1833. Update to version 2.14.9, see http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/d/devscripts/de vscripts_2.14.9_changelog for details. Update to version 2.14.8, see http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/d/devscripts/de vscripts_2.14.8_changelog for details. Fixes CVE-2014-1833.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
204899	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : devscripts (SUSE-SU-2024:2621-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
84229	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : devscripts vulnerability (USN-2649-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
78798	Fedora 21 : devscripts-2.14.10-1.fc21 (2014-12947)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
78711	Fedora 20 : devscripts-2.14.10-1.fc20 (2014-13063)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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