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ubuntu-cve-2014-9471

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2014-12-31 00:00

Modified

2025-07-16 04:50

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9471	REPORT
	http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16872	REPORT
	http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?msg=11;f…	REPORT
	http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?msg=19;f…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2473-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9471	REPORT

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CVE-2014-9471 (GCVE-0-2014-9471)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-01-16 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:47

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

10 references

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Date Public

2014-02-25 00:00

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usn-2473-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2015-01-14 23:27

Modified

2026-02-10 04:40

Summary

coreutils vulnerabilities

Details

It was discovered that the distcheck rule in dist-check.mk in GNU coreutils allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a directory tree under /tmp. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2009-4135)

Bertrand Jacquin and Fiedler Roman discovered date and touch incorrectly handled user-supplied input. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or potentially execute code. (CVE-2014-9471)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2473-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-4135	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9471	REPORT

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
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Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2014-9471

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2014-9471 (GCVE-0-2014-9471)

usn-2473-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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