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CVE-2014-8625
critical
Description
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the parse_error_msg function in parsehelp.c in dpkg before 1.17.22 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) package or (2) architecture name.
References
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98551
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2014-8462
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1389135
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=768485
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/622
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/551
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/539
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157387.html