Novell openSUSE 11.4/12.1/12.2 alloca memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Novell openSUSE 11.4/12.1/12.2. This affects the function alloca. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2013-0222. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Novell openSUSE 11.4/12.1/12.2 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is the function alloca. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

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 uniq command, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow in the alloca function.

The weakness was disclosed 11/23/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared at build.opensuse.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-0222 since 12/06/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/10/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 71401 (Amazon Linux AMI : coreutils (ALAS-2013-261)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350483 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for coreutils: ALAS-2013-261).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (81453), Tenable (71401), SecurityFocus (BID 57517†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-38731†). The entries VDB-7992 and VDB-7993 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 71401
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : coreutils (ALAS-2013-261)
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OpenVAS ID: 865284
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for coreutils FEDORA-2013-1455
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: RHSA-2013:1652
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-0222 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0222
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-65557

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X-Force: 81453
SecurityFocus: 57517 - GNU Coreutils 'uniq' Text Utility Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 38731 - GNU Coreutils 8.6 \x27uniq\x27 Text Utility Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution, Medium

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Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 01/10/2022 21:09
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (67), 04/25/2017 22:53 (5), 01/10/2022 21:02 (3), 01/10/2022 21:09 (1)
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