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F5 BIG-IP - GNU C Library (glibc) vulnerability CVE-2014-7817
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
F5 Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.6
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing a security patch.
Insight
Insight
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 '$((`...`))'. (CVE-2014-7817)
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.