| Name | CVE-2014-5220 |
| Description | The mdcheck script of the mdadm package for openSUSE 13.2 prior to version 3.3.1-5.14.1 does not properly sanitize device names, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mdadm (PTS) | jessie | 3.3.2-5+deb8u2 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 3.4-4 | fixed |
| buster | 4.1-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4.1-11 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.2-5 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4.3+20241108-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mdadm | source | (unstable) | 3.3.4-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910500
https://github.com/mapcollab/mdadm/commit/979b1feb093b1c2e0f8b58716329f2da092741d4
misc/mdcheck not installed into binary packages