CVE-2014-9471 (GCVE-0-2014-9471)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-01-16 16:00
Modified
2024-08-06 13:47
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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
cve@mitre.org http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0029.html Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16872 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/62226 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2473-1 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:179 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/11 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766147 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-22 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0029.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16872 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/62226 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2473-1 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:179 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/11 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766147 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-22 Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
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