GNU Coreutils src/sort.c memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GNU Coreutils. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the file src/sort.c. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-4041. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GNU Coreutils (version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the file src/sort.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 05/15/2015 as confirmed mailinglist post (oss-sec). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-4041 since 05/19/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84186 (openSUSE Security Update : coreutils / coreutils-testsuite (openSUSE-2015-420)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168072 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for coreutils (SUSE-SU-2015:1637-1)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (103307) and Tenable (84186). seclists.org is providing further details. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 84186
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : coreutils / coreutils-testsuite (openSUSE-2015-420)
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Patch: github.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: bea5e36cc876ed627bb5e0eca36fdfaa6465e940
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-4041 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-4041
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-75509
X-Force: 103307 - coreutils buffer overflow

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/22/2015 10:19
Updated: 05/19/2022 09:44
Changes: 05/22/2015 10:19 (57), 04/27/2019 12:28 (1), 05/19/2022 09:39 (3), 05/19/2022 09:44 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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