CVE catalog

CVE-2017-8829

lintian: CVE-2017-8829

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
1.51% · Oct 25, 2026

Deserialization vulnerability in lintian through 2.5.50.3 allows attackers to trigger code execution by requesting a review of a source package with a crafted YAML file.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianlintiansid2.143.0fixed
Debianlintianforky2.142.0fixed
Debianlintiantrixie2.122.0fixed
Debianlintianbookworm2.116.3+deb12u1fixed
Ubuntulintian16.042.5.36.1ubuntu2vulnerable
Ubuntulintian16.042.5.38.1ubuntu1vulnerable
Ubuntulintian16.042.5.43~ubuntu1vulnerable
Ubuntulintian16.042.5.43vulnerable
Ubuntulintian16.042.5.43ubuntu0.1fixed
Ubuntulintian16.042.5.36.1ubuntu2vulnerable
Ubuntulintian16.042.5.38.1ubuntu1vulnerable
Ubuntulintian16.042.5.43~ubuntu1vulnerable
Ubuntulintian16.042.5.43vulnerable
Ubuntulintian16.042.5.43ubuntu0.1fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianlintiansourcesid2.5.50.4not yet assignedNot reported[861958]
Debianlintiansourceforky2.5.50.4not yet assignedNot reported[861958]
Debianlintiansourcetrixie2.5.50.4not yet assignedNot reported[861958]
Debianlintiansourcebookworm2.5.50.4not yet assignedNot reported[861958]
Ubuntulintiandeb16.042.5.43ubuntu0.1Not reportedUSN-3310-1Not reported
Ubuntulintiandeb16.042.5.43ubuntu0.1Not reportedUBUNTU-CVE-2017-8829Not reported

[Debian bug #861958]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [lintian]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 2.116.3+deb12u1 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.5.50.4

      dsa · lintian · debian · bookworm; dsa · lintian · debian · 12

    • 2.116.3+deb12u1 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.5.50.4

      dsa · lintian · debian · bookworm; dsa · lintian · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [lintian]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 2.122.0 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.5.50.4

      dsa · lintian · debian · 13

    • 2.122.0 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.5.50.4

      dsa · lintian · debian · 13

  • [lintian-doc]Fixed

    Source package: [lintian]

    Details (2)

    • 2.122.0 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.5.50.4

      dsa · lintian · debian · 13

    • 2.122.0 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 2.5.50.4

      dsa · lintian · debian · 13

Observed:

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]