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.
Affected products
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n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/551 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98551 ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157387.html ↗
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=768485 ↗
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/539 ↗
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1389135 ↗
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/622 ↗