CVE-2014-9471
CVE-2014-9471
This page contains facts from public vulnerability sources. Check the original advisory before updating.
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.
EPSS 7.1% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
n/a
- Versions
- n/a: Affected
No fix published
coreutils Debian:12
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 8.23-1
Update to 8.23-1
coreutils Debian:13
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 8.23-1
Update to 8.23-1
coreutils Debian:14
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 8.23-1
Update to 8.23-1
coreutils Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
- Versions
- 8.20-3ubuntu5
- 8.21-1ubuntu3
- 8.21-1ubuntu4
- 8.21-1ubuntu5
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 8.21-1ubuntu5.1
Update to 8.21-1ubuntu5.1
Original sources
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:179
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0029.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/4
- http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16872
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-22
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/1
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766147
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/11
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62226
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2473-1
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9471