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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201612-22">
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<title>Coreutils: Arbitrary code execution</title>
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<synopsis>A vulnerability in Coreutils could lead to the execution of
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arbitrary code or a Denial of Service condition.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">coreutils</product>
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<announced>2016-12-08</announced>
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<revised count="1">2016-12-08</revised>
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<bug>530514</bug>
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<access>local, remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="sys-apps/coreutils" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">8.23</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">8.23</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>The GNU Core Utilities are the basic file, shell and text manipulation
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utilities of the GNU operating system.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>A memory corruption flaw in GNU Coreutils’ parse_datetime function was
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reported. Applications using parse_datetime(), such as touch or date, may
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accepted untrusted input.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
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privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All Coreutils users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/coreutils-8.23"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9471">CVE-2014-9471</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2016-11-27T06:48:53Z">b-man</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2016-12-08T13:11:59Z">whissi</metadata>
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</glsa>
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