CVE-2013-0221

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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.

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

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
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1652.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798538 Exploit Issue Tracking
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
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Configuration 2 (hide)

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

13 Feb 2023, 04:39

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary CVE-2013-0221 coreutils: segfault in "sort -d" and "sort -M" with long line input 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.
References
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0221', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0221', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1652', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1652', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}

02 Feb 2023, 18:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0221 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1652 -
Summary 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. CVE-2013-0221 coreutils: segfault in "sort -d" and "sort -M" with long line input

13 May 2021, 20:29

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References (CONFIRM) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=903464 - (CONFIRM) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=903464 - Issue Tracking
References (CONFIRM) https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798538 - Exploit (CONFIRM) https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798538 - Exploit, Issue Tracking
Information

Published : 2013-11-23 18:55

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:16

NVD link : CVE-2013-0221

Mitre link : CVE-2013-0221

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2013-0221

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Products Affected

redhat

  • enterprise_linux

opensuse

  • opensuse
CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation