ISOMAN

CVE

CVE-2014-7817

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 "$((`...`))".

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.6
Published
Modified
NVD detailAll CVEs

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource

References

  1. http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0016.html
  2. http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.html
  3. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00089.html
  4. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-2023.html
  5. http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/730
  6. http://secunia.com/advisories/62100
  7. http://secunia.com/advisories/62146
  8. http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3142
  9. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
  10. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
  11. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71216
  12. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2432-1
  13. https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98852
  14. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
  15. https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17625
  16. https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a39208bd7fb76c1b01c127b4c61f9bfd915bfe7c
  17. https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-11/msg00519.html
  18. http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0016.html
  19. http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.html
  20. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00089.html