| Name | CVE-2014-7817 |
| Description | The wordexp function in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.21 does not enforce the WRDE_NOCMD flag, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated by input containing "$((`...`))". |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-97-1, DSA-3142-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 775572 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| glibc (PTS) | bullseye | 2.31-13+deb11u11 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.31-13+deb11u10 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.36-9+deb12u9 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 2.36-9+deb12u7 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.40-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[wheezy] - eglibc <no-dsa> (Will be fixed through a point update)
https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-11/msg00519.html
Git commit: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=a39208bd7fb76c1b01c127b4c61f9bfd915bfe7c