CVE-2014-9471 Affecting coreutils package, versions <8.23-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-COREUTILS-317501
- published 16 Jan 2015
- disclosed 16 Jan 2015
Introduced: 16 Jan 2015
CVE-2014-9471 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable coreutils to version 8.23-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream coreutils package and not the coreutils package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
The parse_datetime function in GNU coreutils allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string, as demonstrated by the "--date=TZ="123"345" @1" string to the touch or date command.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9471
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766147
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-22
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0029.html
- http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16872
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2473-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/11
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62226
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-9471
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:179
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