UBUNTU-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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / coreutils

Package

Name: coreutils
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/coreutils@8.21-1ubuntu5.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

8.21-1ubuntu5.1

Affected versions

8.*

8.20-3ubuntu5

8.21-1ubuntu3

8.21-1ubuntu4

8.21-1ubuntu5

Ecosystem specific

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    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "coreutils",
            "binary_version": "8.21-1ubuntu5.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mktemp",
            "binary_version": "8.21-1ubuntu5.1"
        }
    ]
}