CVE-2014-0470

NameCVE-2014-0470
Descriptionsuper.c in Super 3.30.0 does not check the return value of the setuid function when the -F flag is set, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, aka an RLIMIT_NPROC attack.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2917-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
super (PTS)bullseye3.30.3-1fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm3.30.3-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
supersourcesqueeze3.30.0-3+squeeze2DSA-2917-1
supersourcewheezy3.30.0-6+deb7u1DSA-2917-1
supersource(unstable)3.30.0-7
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