VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-0221
The SUSE coreutils-i18n.patch for GNU coreutils allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a long string to the sort command, when using the (1) -d or (2) -M switch, which triggers a stack-based…
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 7.24%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The SUSE coreutils-i18n.patch for GNU coreutils allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a long string to the sort command, when using the (1) -d or (2) -M switch, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow in the alloca function.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 7.24% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- redhat/enterprise linux · opensuse/opensuse
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1652.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798538Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=903464Issue Tracking
- https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/149348#diff_headline_coreutils-i18n-patch_diff_action_0_submit_0_19Exploit, Patch
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1652.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798538Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=903464Issue Tracking
- https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/149348#diff_headline_coreutils-i18n-patch_diff_action_0_submit_0_19Exploit, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.