{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0479","details":"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.","modified":"2025-07-16T07:31:38.659149Z","published":"2014-08-06T19:55:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2014-0479"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0479"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0479"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"reportbug","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/reportbug@6.5.0+nmu1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.5.0+nmu1ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["6.4.4ubuntu1","6.5.0ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"6.5.0+nmu1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"python-reportbug"},{"binary_version":"6.5.0+nmu1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"reportbug"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0479.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}