CVE-2014-4910

NameCVE-2014-4910
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in tools/backlight_helper.c in X.Org xf86-video-intel 2.99.911 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the interface name.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
xserver-xorg-video-intel (PTS)bullseye2:2.99.917+git20200714-1+deb11u1fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm2:2.99.917+git20210115-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
xserver-xorg-video-intelsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- xserver-xorg-video-intel <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-commit/2014-July/036840.html
only experimental, and xf86-video-intel-backlight-helper not installed setuid in Debian

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