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CVE-2015-4042

Integer overflow in the keycompare_mb function in sort.c in sort in GNU Coreutils through 8.23 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via long strings.

Published

2020-01-24T17:15:12.577

Last Modified

2024-11-21T02:30:20.507

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-190

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	coreutils	≤ 8.23	Yes

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/15/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/pixelb/coreutils/commit/bea5e36cc876ed627bb5e0eca36fdfaa6465e940 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/15/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/pixelb/coreutils/commit/bea5e36cc876ed627bb5e0eca36fdfaa6465e940 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)