CVE-2014-9471
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2473-1
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
4Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
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.
La función parse_datetime en GNU coreutils permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (caída) o posiblemente ejecutar código arbitrario a través de una cadena de datos manipulada, tal y como fue demostrado por la cadena '--date=TZ='123'345' @1' en el comando touch o date.
It was discovered that the distcheck rule in dist-check.mk in GNU coreutils allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a directory tree under /tmp. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Bertrand Jacquin and Fiedler Roman discovered date and touch incorrectly handled user-supplied input. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or potentially execute code. Various other issues were also addressed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2015-01-03 CVE Reserved
- 2015-01-15 CVE Published
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-06 First Exploit
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
CAPEC
References (10)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0029.html | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/62226 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/4 | Mailing List |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16872 | 2024-08-06 | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/1 | 2024-08-06 | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/11 | 2024-08-06 | |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766147 | 2024-08-06 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2473-1 | 2020-12-08 | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:179 | 2020-12-08 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-22 | 2020-12-08 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Gnu Search vendor "Gnu" | Coreutils Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Coreutils" | < 8.23 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Coreutils" and version " < 8.23" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 10.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "10.04" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04" | esm |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04" | esm |
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