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