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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201612-22">
+ <title>Coreutils: Arbitrary code execution</title>
+ <synopsis>A vulnerability in Coreutils could lead to the execution of
+ arbitrary code or a Denial of Service condition.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">coreutils</product>
+ <announced>2016-12-08</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2016-12-08</revised>
+ <bug>530514</bug>
+ <access>local, remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="sys-apps/coreutils" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">8.23</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">8.23</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>The GNU Core Utilities are the basic file, shell and text manipulation
+ utilities of the GNU operating system.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>A memory corruption flaw in GNU Coreutils’ parse_datetime function was
+ reported. Applications using parse_datetime(), such as touch or date, may
+ accepted untrusted input.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
+ privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All Coreutils users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-apps/coreutils-8.23"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9471">CVE-2014-9471</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2016-11-27T06:48:53Z">b-man</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2016-12-08T13:11:59Z">whissi</metadata>
+</glsa>