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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 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.

    Published:Jul 9, 2014
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Jul 29, 2014
    EPSS Score:0.00307
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Glibc
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    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
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030569
    https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1110.html
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
    https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17137
    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
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030569
    https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1110.html
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
    https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17137

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Low
    High
    Availability
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    High