CVE-2014-7817

Publication date 24 November 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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 "$((`...`))".

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
eglibc	14.10 utopic	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.19-0ubuntu6.4
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2.15-0ubuntu10.9
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.19
glibc	14.10 utopic	Fixed 2.19-10ubuntu2.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
glibc	Upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=33ceaf6187b31ea15284ac65131749e1cb68d2ae Upstream: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=a39208bd7fb76c1b01c127b4c61f9bfd915bfe7c Upstream: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/36

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2432-1
GNU C Library vulnerabilities
3 December 2014