Description
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 (10)
Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2976
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68505
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030569
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1110.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/14/6
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17137
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/10/7
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:152
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0078
EPSS Percentile
73.9%
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (29)
gnu/glibc
2.0
gnu/glibc
2.0.1
gnu/glibc
2.0.2
gnu/glibc
2.0.3
gnu/glibc
2.0.4
gnu/glibc
2.0.5
gnu/glibc
2.0.6
gnu/glibc
2.1
gnu/glibc
2.1.1
gnu/glibc
2.1.1.6
... and 19 more
Published
Jul 29, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026