CVE-2014-7817
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 24, 2014
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 3, 2014
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 "$((`...`))".
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- [oss-security] 20141120 CVE-2014-7817 glibc: command execution in wordexp() with WRDE_NOCMD specifiedmailing-list
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0016.html
- USN-2432-1vendor-advisory
- [libc-alpha] 20141119 [COMMITTED] CVE-2014-7817: wordexp fails to honour WRDE_NOCMD.mailing-list
- RHSA-2014:2023vendor-advisory
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a39208bd7fb76c1b01c127b4c61f9bfd915bfe7c
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0351vendor-advisory
- GLSA-201602-02vendor-advisory
- 71216vdb-entry
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- 62100third-party-advisory
- gnu-glibc-cve20147817-command-exec(98852)vdb-entry
- 62146third-party-advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17625
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.html
- DSA-3142vendor-advisory
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