Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20147817000
Revision Date:2014-11-24Version:1
Title:CVE-2014-7817 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
Description:The wordexp function in GNU C Library (aka glibc) 2.21 does not enforce the WRDE_NOCMD flag, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated by input containing "$((`...`))".
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2014-7817
Platform(s):Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed.
  • AND The 'eglibc' package in precise was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '2.15-0ubuntu10.9').
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