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CVE-2014-9471

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.

Published

2015-01-16T16:59:08.593

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	coreutils	< 8.23	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	10.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0029.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16872 Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/62226 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2473-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:179 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/11 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766147 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-22 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
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 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)