CVE-2014-9471 Information

Description

The 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.

Reference

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0029.html http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16872 http://secunia.com/advisories/62226 http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2473-1 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:179 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/11 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766147 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-22