[OE-core] [dizzy][PATCH] coreutils: Fix CVE-2014-9471

[Maxin B. John]

Hi Ross,

On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 04:00:02PM +0000, Burton, Ross wrote:
> 
> On 19 January 2015 at 13:57, Maxin B. John <maxin.john at enea.com> wrote:
> 
>     On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 01:11:43PM +0100, Maxin B. John wrote:
>     > Fiedler Roman discovered that coreutils' parse_datetime() function
>     > has some flaws that may be exploitable if the date(1), touch(1),
>     > or potentially other programs, accept untrusted input for certain
>     > parameters. While researching this issue, he discovered that it
>     > was independently discovered by Bertrand Jacquin and reported at
>     > http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16872
>     >
> 
> 
> Was this bug still in 8.23 so it needs to be applied to master, or is it
> dizzy-specific?

This bug is already fixed in 8.23. So, we don't have to apply this on
master.

> Ross 
Best Regards,
Maxin