[ MDVSA-2015:179 ] coreutils

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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2015:179
 http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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 Package : coreutils
 Date    : March 30, 2015
 Affected: Business Server 1.0, Business Server 2.0
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 Problem Description:

 Updated coreutils packages fix security vulnerability:
 
 Bertrand Jacquin and Fiedler Roman discovered date and touch
 incorrectly handled user-supplied input. An attacker could possibly
 use this to cause a denial of service or potentially execute code
 (CVE-2014-9471).
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 References:

 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9471
 http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0029.html
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