CVE-2014-9471

NameCVE-2014-9471
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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
coreutils (PTS)bullseye8.32-4fixed
bookworm9.1-1fixed
sid, trixie9.5-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
coreutilssource(unstable)8.23-1low

Notes

[wheezy] - coreutils <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - coreutils <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
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

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