CVE-2014-9471

Published: 31 December 2014

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.

Status

References

• http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16872
• http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?msg=11;filename=date-tz-crash.patch;att=1;bug=16872
• http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?msg=19;filename=coreutils-date-crash.patch;att=1;bug=16872
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2473-1
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9471
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian