CVE-2014-0475

CVE Details

Release Date:

2014-07-09

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.

See more information about CVE-2014-0475 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	Requires single instance	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

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