CVE-2014-7206 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/61158 http://secunia.com/advisories/61333 http://secunia.com/advisories/61768 http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3048 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70310 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2370-1 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=763780 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96951