Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 6, 2014· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2014-0479

Description

reportbug before 6.4.4+deb7u1 and 6.5.x before 6.5.0+nmu1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via vectors related to compare_versions and reportbug/checkversions.py.

Affected products

Canonical (company)/Reportbug
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:reportbug:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=6.5.0
Debian/Reportbug
cpe:2.3:a:debian:reportbug:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=6.4.4

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

secunia.com/advisories/59896nvd
www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2997nvd
www.osvdb.org/109858nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/69055nvd
bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/reportbug/+bug/1353046nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95149nvd

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