CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-9471

7.5 HIGH Published 2015-01-16 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2015-01-16
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• gnu coreutils (< 8.23) • canonical ubuntu linux 10.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0029.html Third Party Advisory
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16872 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62226 Third Party Advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2473-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:179 Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/11 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766147 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-22 Third Party Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0029.html Third Party Advisory
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16872 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62226 Third Party Advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2473-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:179 Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/11 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766147 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-22 Third Party Advisory