CVE-2014-0476

NameCVE-2014-0476
DescriptionThe slapper function in chkrootkit before 0.50 does not properly quote file paths, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse executable. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability when /tmp is not mounted with the noexec option.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-0002-1, DSA-2945-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
chkrootkit (PTS)buster0.52-3fixed
bullseye0.54-1fixed
bookworm0.57-2fixed
sid, trixie0.58b-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
chkrootkitsourcesqueeze0.49-4+deb6u1
chkrootkitsourcewheezy0.49-4.1+deb7u2DSA-2945-1
chkrootkitsource(unstable)0.49-5

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