usn-6912-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-07-24 08:18
Modified
2026-02-10 04:44
Summary
provd vulnerability
Details

James Henstridge discovered that provd incorrectly handled environment variables. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary programs and escalate privileges.

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    {
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            {
              "id": "CVE-2024-6714",
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                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
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                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
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          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
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            "binary_name": "provd",
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        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/provd@0.1.2+24.04?arch=source\u0026distro=noble"
      },
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            },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
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        "0.1.1",
        "0.1.2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "James Henstridge discovered that provd incorrectly handled environment\nvariables. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary\nprograms and escalate privileges.\n",
  "id": "USN-6912-1",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:44:41Z",
  "published": "2024-07-24T08:18:12Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6912-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-6714"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/provd/+bug/2071574"
    }
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  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "provd vulnerability",
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}



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