CVE-2014-0475

CVE Details

Release Date:	2014-07-09
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

A directory traveral flaw was found in the way glibc loaded locale files. An attacker able to make an application use a specially crafted locale name value (for example, specified in an LC_* environment variable) could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of that application.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.0
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	Single
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (glibc)	ELSA-2014-1110	2014-08-29
Oracle Linux version 6 (glibc)	ELSA-2014-1110	2014-08-29
Oracle Linux version 7 (glibc)	ELSA-2014-1110	2014-08-29