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Medium
CVE-2014-7817
The wordexp function in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.21...
Vulnerability 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 "$((`...`))".
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/730
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0016.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2432-1
- https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-11/msg00519.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-2023.html
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a39208bd7fb76c1b01c127b4c61f9bfd915bfe7c
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00089.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71216
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62100
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98852
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62146
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17625
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3142
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
ubuntu linux, debian linux, glibc, opensuse
Vulnerable Versions:
10.04, 12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 7.0, 2.21, 13.1, 13.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 24th, 2014
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.