Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in GNU Coreutils' parse_datetime Function

CVE-2014-9471 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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