CVE-2014-7817
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.6
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 "$((`...`))".
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 13.2 | Affected | — |
| 13.1 | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 14.10 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
| 10.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.19-14 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.19-14 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.19-14 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.19-14 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.19-14 |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | glibc | 2.21 | |
References
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0016.html
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00089.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-2023.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/730
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62100
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62146
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3142
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71216
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2432-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98852
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17625
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a39208bd7fb76c1b01c127b4c61f9bfd915bfe7c
- https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-11/msg00519.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7817
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.