Upstream information

CVE-2014-9471 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

Note from the SUSE Security Team

This issue does affect SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 and older products. Due to moderate severity of the issue, this issue will not be fixed for LTSS codestreams.

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 911832 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
  • coreutils >= 8.12-6.25.32.33.1
  • coreutils-lang >= 8.12-6.25.32.33.1
Patchnames:
sledsp3-coreutils
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3
  • coreutils >= 8.12-6.25.32.33.1
  • coreutils-lang >= 8.12-6.25.32.33.1
  • coreutils-x86 >= 8.12-6.25.32.33.1
Patchnames:
slessp3-coreutils


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS coreutils Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 coreutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 coreutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 coreutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 coreutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for SAP Enterprise Search coreutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 coreutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS coreutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 coreutils Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS coreutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 coreutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS coreutils Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 coreutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 coreutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS coreutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 coreutils Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 coreutils Unsupported


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jan 6 11:44:37 2015
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 13 19:05:14 2023