CVE-2013-0221

Public Exploit

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 7.63% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=903464 issue tracking
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1652.html vendor advisory
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/149348#diff_headline_coreutils-i18n-patch_diff_action_0_submit_0_19 patch exploit
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798538 issue tracking exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-0221?
CVE-2013-0221 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-0221?
To fix CVE-2013-0221, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-0221 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-0221 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~8% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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