Gentoo: GLSA-201612-22 Normal: Coreutils Arbitrary Code Execution
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December 8, 2016
A vulnerability in Coreutils could lead to the execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service condition.
Summary
A memory corruption flaw in GNU Coreutils' parse_datetime function was reported. Applications using parse_datetime(), such as touch or date, may accepted untrusted input.
Resolution
All Coreutils users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/coreutils-8.23"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2014-9471 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9471
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-22
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: Normal
Title: Coreutils: Arbitrary code execution
Date: December 08, 2016
Bugs: #530514
ID: 201612-22
Background
The GNU Core Utilities are the basic file, shell and text manipulation
utilities of the GNU operating system.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 sys-apps/coreutils < 8.23 >= 8.23
Impact
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A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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