CVE-2014-9471

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-9471
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-16 16:59:08 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Application Gnu Coreutils All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0029 - Updated coreutils packages fix CVE-2014-9471 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
USN-2473-1: coreutils vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - AW: parse_datetime() bug in coreutils af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA62226 - Ubuntu update for coreutils - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - parse_datetime() bug in coreutils af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:179 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Coreutils: Arbitrary code execution (GLSA 201612-22) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
#766147 - php5-common: session cleanup can be misused to change modification time of arbitrary files to "now" when symlink protection not enabled - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: parse_datetime() bug in coreutils af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
#16872 - `date -d 'TZ="America/Los_Angeles" "00:00 + 1 hour"'` crashes - GNU bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 debbugs.gnu.org Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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