{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7206","details":"The changelog command in Apt before 1.0.9.2 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the changelog file.","modified":"2026-04-22T09:50:26.449400Z","published":"2014-10-08T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2370-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-7206"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7206"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2370-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7206"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"apt","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/apt@1.0.1ubuntu2.5?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.1ubuntu2.5"}]}],"versions":["0.9.9.1~ubuntu3","0.9.9.1~ubuntu4","0.9.9.1~ubuntu5","0.9.13~exp1ubuntu1","0.9.13~exp1ubuntu2","0.9.13~exp1ubuntu3","0.9.13.1~ubuntu1","0.9.14.1ubuntu1","0.9.14.1ubuntu2","0.9.15.1ubuntu1","0.9.15.4ubuntu1","0.9.15.4ubuntu2","0.9.15.4ubuntu3","0.9.15.4ubuntu4","0.9.15.4ubuntu5","1.0.1ubuntu2","1.0.1ubuntu2.1","1.0.1ubuntu2.3","1.0.1ubuntu2.4.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"apt","binary_version":"1.0.1ubuntu2.5"},{"binary_name":"apt-transport-https","binary_version":"1.0.1ubuntu2.5"},{"binary_version":"1.0.1ubuntu2.5","binary_name":"apt-utils"},{"binary_name":"libapt-inst1.5","binary_version":"1.0.1ubuntu2.5"},{"binary_name":"libapt-pkg4.12","binary_version":"1.0.1ubuntu2.5"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7206.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}