FKIE_CVE-2014-9471

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-01-16 16:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:18
Severity
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.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0029.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16872Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/62226Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2473-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:179Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/11Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766147Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-22Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0029.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16872Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/62226Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2473-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:179Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/11Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766147Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-22Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu coreutils *
canonical ubuntu_linux 10.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
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