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CVE-2015-5218

Buffer overflow in text-utils/colcrt.c in colcrt in util-linux before 2.27 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file, related to the page global variable.

Published

2015-11-09T16:59:06.747

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	kernel	util-linux	≤ 2.22	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.2	Yes
Operating System	opensuse_project	leap	42.1	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00035.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg11873.html Exploit ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259322 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/70e3fcf293c1827a2655a86584ab13075124a8a8 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/d883d64d96ab9bef510745d064a351145b9babec Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.27/v2.27-ReleaseNotes Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00035.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg11873.html Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259322 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/70e3fcf293c1827a2655a86584ab13075124a8a8 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/d883d64d96ab9bef510745d064a351145b9babec Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.27/v2.27-ReleaseNotes Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)