UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0475

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0475

    Published: 29 Jul 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-0475
    Aliases:
    USN-2306-1

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0475, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2306-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0475

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: eglibc

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.19-0ubuntu6.1

    Affected versions

    2.17-93ubuntu4

    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