CVE-2014-0475

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2014-07-09
CWE:
CWE-22
Bugzilla:
1102353: CVE-2014-0475 glibc: directory traversal in LC_* locale handling
A directory traveral flaw was found in the way glibc loaded locale files. An attacker able to make an application use a specially crafted locale name value (for example, specified in an LC_* environment variable) could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of that application.

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CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (glibc) RHSA-2014:1110 2014-08-29
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (glibc) RHSA-2014:1110 2014-08-29
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (glibc) RHSA-2014:1110 2014-08-29

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Stephane Chazelas for reporting this issue.

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