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dpkg — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3127

dpkg 1.15.9 on Debian squeeze introduces support for the "C-style encoded filenames" feature without recognizing that the squeeze patch program lacks this feature, which triggers an interaction error that allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and modify files outside of the intended directories via a crafted source package. NOTE: this can be considered a release engineering problem in the effort to fix CVE-2014-0471.

Products
dpkg
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.17.9
CVEs
CVE-2014-3127
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 21:41 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3127

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 May 2014, 00:55 UTC

dpkg 1.15.9 on Debian squeeze introduces support for the "C-style encoded filenames" feature without recognizing that the squeeze patch program lacks this feature, which triggers an interaction error that allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and modify files outside of the intended directories via a crafted source package. NOTE: this can be considered a release engineering problem in the effort to fix CVE-2014-0471.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3127

dpkg

Fixed versions: 1.17.9

dpkg

Fixed versions: 1.17.9

dpkg

Fixed versions: 1.17.9

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3127",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "dpkg 1.15.9 on Debian squeeze introduces support for the \"C-style encoded filenames\" feature without recognizing that the squeeze patch program lacks this feature, which triggers an interaction error that allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and modify files outside of the intended directories via a crafted source package. NOTE: this can be considered a release engineering problem in the effort to fix CVE-2014-0471.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-23T15:47:30.816571840Z",
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 414103,
  "published_at": "2014-05-14T00:55:10.4+00:00"
}