Bug 600532

Summary:	sys-apps/findutils: memory corruption flaw in parse_datetime() though embedded gnulib (CVE-2014-9471)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) <whissi>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	base-system
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	A2 [upsteam]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	600518

Description Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2016-11-22 22:20:47 UTC

It is suspected that this package is vulnerable to a security vulnerability in gnulib. As such we ask maintainers with packages suspected to be vulnerable to verify if the package is (or have been) affected. 

Please see the information contained in the tracker bug 600518. "If an application using parse_datetime(), such as touch or date, accepted untrusted input, it could cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code."

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2016-11-23 19:39:48 UTC

i don't know the specific version this fix started in, but 4.4.x didn't import this module, and 4.5.14+ includes the fix (Apr 2014), and 4.6.0 has been stable for a while now.