CVE-2014-7817 | BDVDB-2026-66343 Detail
Description#
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 "$((`...`))".
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/730
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0016.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2432-1
- https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-11/msg00519.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-2023.html
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a39208bd7fb76c1b01c127b4c61f9bfd915bfe7c
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00089.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71216
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62100
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98852
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62146
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17625
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.