CVE-2014-0475

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    CVE-2014-0475

    Published: 29 Jul 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2976, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:152, 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.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

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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