CVE-2014-1833

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-02-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

Devscripts Devel Team Devscripts: 2.14.1

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737160
http://osvdb.org/102748
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/31/11
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/31/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65260
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2649-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1059947
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90842
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737160
http://osvdb.org/102748
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/31/11
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/31/7

Get alerted when CVE-2014-1833 or the next vulnerability affects your stack