CVE-2014-0476

Publication date 4 June 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

The 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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
chkrootkit	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.49-4.1ubuntu1.14.04.1
	13.10 saucy	Fixed 0.49-4.1ubuntu1.13.10.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 0.49-4ubuntu1.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 0.49-3ubuntu0.1

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References

MITRE
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Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2230-1
chkrootkit vulnerability
4 June 2014

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0476