glibc, nscd security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2014:2023 Updated glibc packages that fix one security issue and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: glibc security and bug fix update

Updated glibc packages that fix one security issue and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are...

glibc: command execution in wordexp() with WRDE_NOCMD specified

It was found that the wordexp function would perform command substitution even when the WRDENOCMD flag was specified. An attacker able to provide specially crafted input to an application using the wordexp function, and not sanitizing the input correctly, could potentially use this flaw to execut...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : glibc (MDVSA-2014:232)

Updated glibc package fixes security vulnerability : The function wordexp\ fails to properly handle the WRDENOCMD flag when processing arithmetic inputs in the form of $... where ... can be anything valid. The backticks in the arithmetic epxression are evaluated by in a shell even if WRDENOCMD...

Design/Logic Flaw

The shellquote function in python-gnupg 0.3.5 does not properly quote strings, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in unspecified vectors, as demonstrated using "$" command-substitution sequences, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-1928...

SuSE Update for NRPE openSUSE-SU-2013:0624-1 (NRPE)

Check for the Version of NRPE OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbsuse201306241.nasl 8494 2018-01-23 06:57:55Z teissa $ SuSE Update for NRPE openSUSE-SU-2013:0624-1 NRPE Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright C 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is fre...

SuSE Update for NRPE openSUSE-SU-2013:0621-1 (NRPE)

Check for the Version of NRPE OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbsuse201306211.nasl 8045 2017-12-08 08:39:37Z santu $ SuSE Update for NRPE openSUSE-SU-2013:0621-1 NRPE Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright C 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free...

bash_1.x.txt

Rather dangerous bug is present in output processing after "command substitution" in bash 1.xx. It seems to be NOT present in bash 2.0.x, but I haven't found any bugreport on this vulnerability. I looked for: 'command substitution', 'ff', 'subshell' and '$' CHANGES file, no effects... Seems to be...