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CVE-2014-0475

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.20 allow context-dependent a

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.00782
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Weakness Classification

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
gnu glibc<= 2.19
gnu glibcall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · security@debian.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD29 Jul 2014 · 02:55 PM
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Vendor Advisories

6
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10154-1
suse-csafsuse-ru-2015_0794-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0253-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0439-1
usnUSN-2306-1
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References & Sources

10
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
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
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