A flaw was found in the GNU coreutils "split" program. A heap overflow with user-controlled data of multiple hundred bytes in length could occur in the line_bytes_split() function, potentially leading to an application crash and denial of service.
Workaround:
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0684 | third party advisory vdb entry |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258948 | patch issue tracking |
| https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/2 | patch mailing list |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240808-0001/ |