Upstream information
Description
The parse_datetime function in GNU coreutils allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string, as demonstrated by the "--date=TZ="123"345" @1" string to the touch or date command.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.5 |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Note from the SUSE Security Team
This issue does affect SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 and older products. Due to moderate severity of the issue, this issue will not be fixed for LTSS codestreams. SUSE Bugzilla entry: 911832 [RESOLVED / FIXED]SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SU-2015:0792-1, published Tue Apr 28 11:05:33 MDT 2015
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 |
| Patchnames: sledsp3-coreutils |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 |
| Patchnames: slessp3-coreutils |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 | coreutils | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 | coreutils | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | coreutils | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | coreutils | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | coreutils | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | coreutils | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for SAP Enterprise Search | coreutils | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | coreutils | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 | coreutils | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS | coreutils | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS | coreutils | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 | coreutils | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS | coreutils | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | coreutils | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS | coreutils | Released |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | coreutils | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS | coreutils | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | coreutils | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 | coreutils | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS | coreutils | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS | coreutils | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | coreutils | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 | coreutils | Affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Tue Jan 6 11:44:37 2015CVE page last modified: Tue Dec 17 19:52:14 2024