CVE-2014-9471
Published: 31 December 2014
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.
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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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2473-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9471
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian