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CVE-2014-7817
Published: Nov 24, 2014
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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 "$((`...`))".
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References
[oss-security] 20141120 CVE-2014-7817 glibc: command execution in wordexp() with WRDE_NOCMD specified
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
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http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0016.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
USN-2432-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
[libc-alpha] 20141119 [COMMITTED] CVE-2014-7817: wordexp fails to honour WRDE_NOCMD.
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
RHSA-2014:2023
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
openSUSE-SU-2015:0351
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
GLSA-201602-02
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
71216
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
62100
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
gnu-glibc-cve20147817-command-exec(98852)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
62146
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17625
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
DSA-3142
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
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