CVE-2014-9471

Publication date 31 December 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
coreutils	14.10 utopic	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 8.21-1ubuntu5.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 8.13-3ubuntu3.3
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 7.4-2ubuntu3.1

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References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2473-1
coreutils vulnerabilities
14 January 2015

Other references

http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16872
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?msg=11;filename=date-tz-crash.patch;att=1;bug=16872
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?msg=19;filename=coreutils-date-crash.patch;att=1;bug=16872
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9471