CVE-2013-0221
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
GNU Coreutils 'sort' Text Utility - Local Buffer Overflow
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
| suse | 12.1 | affected | |
| suse | 12.2 | affected | |
| rhel | 6.0 | affected | |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1652.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798538
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=903464
- https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/149348#diff_headline_coreutils-i18n-patch_diff_action_0_submit_0_19
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0221
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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