A directory traveral flaw was found in the way glibc loaded locale files. An attacker able to make an application use a specially crafted locale name value (for example, specified in an LC_* environment variable) could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of that application.
Find out more about CVE-2014-0475 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 6 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (glibc) | RHSA-2014:1110 | 2014-08-29 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (glibc) | RHSA-2014:1110 | 2014-08-29 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (glibc) | RHSA-2014:1110 | 2014-08-29 |
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