SB2014072906 - Path traversal in GNU Glibc
Published: July 29, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014072906
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0475)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.20 allow context-dependent attackers to bypass ForceCommand restrictions and possibly have other unspecified impact via a .. (dot dot) in a (1) LC_*, (2) LANG, or other locale environment variable.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2976
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:152
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/10/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/14/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68505
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030569
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1110.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17137