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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:179 ↗
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0029.html ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/4 ↗
- http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16872 ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-22 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/1 ↗
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766147 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/11 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62226 ↗
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2473-1 ↗