# CVE-2014-0475: Path traversal in n/a

> Attackers can bypass ForceCommand restrictions in SSH via path traversal in locale environment variables, requiring a patched glibc.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 29 Jul 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0475, DSA-2976-1, GHSA-5rvh-fh5r-rhfv, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0475

## What is CVE-2014-0475?

CVE-2014-0475 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Gnu Glibc, published on 29 Jul 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.20 allow context-dependent attackers to bypass ForceCommand restrictions and possibly have other unspecified impact via a .. (dot dot) in a (1) LC_*, (2) LANG, or other locale environment variable.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0475?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Gnu Glibc.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-0475?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2014-0475 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0475 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-1999-0199](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0199/): Other in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-1010022](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1010022/): Security feature bypass in glibc (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2005-3590](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3590/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-0475 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-0475 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Gnu Glibc, published on 29 Jul 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0475 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Gnu Glibc. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0475/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0475/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0475
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0475
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-0475

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