GNU glibc Locale Environment Handling Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:68505

Info

GNU glibc Locale Environment Handling Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 68505
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2014-0475
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 09 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 05 2016 09:26PM
Credit: Stephane Chazelas
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 amd64
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.2
Oracle Enterprise Linux 6
Oracle Enterprise Linux 5
GNU glibc 0
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux 6.0 sparc
Debian Linux 6.0 s/390
Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 6.0 mips
Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 6.0 arm
Debian Linux 6.0 amd64
CentOS CentOS 6
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

GNU glibc Locale Environment Handling Directory Traversal Vulnerability

GNU glibc is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability.

Remote attackers can use specially crafted requests with directory-traversal sequences ('../') to read arbitrary files in the context of the application. This may aid in further attacks.

Solution / Fix

GNU glibc Locale Environment Handling Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

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