CVE-2014-4910

Publication date 24 July 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Directory traversal vulnerability in tools/backlight_helper.c in X.Org xf86-video-intel 2.99.911 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the interface name.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
xserver-xorg-video-intel 14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

added in 2.99.911