CVE-2010-1679

N/A Unknown

Published: January 11, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in dpkg-source in dpkg before 1.14.31 and 1.15.x allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in a patch for a source-format 3.0 package.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053306.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053311.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://osvdb.org/70368

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/42826

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/42831

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/43054

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2142

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45703

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1038-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0040

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0044

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0196

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64615

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053306.html