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 buffer overflow in the alloca function.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=903464	Issue Tracking
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/149348#diff_headline_coreutils-i18n-patch_diff_action_0_submit_0_19	Exploit Patch
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798538	Exploit Issue Tracking
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1652.html	Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:::::::*

Information

Published : 2013-11-23 10:55

Updated : 2023-02-12 20:39

NVD link : CVE-2013-0221

Mitre link : CVE-2013-0221

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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Products Affected

opensuse

opensuse

redhat

enterprise_linux

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