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CVE-2013-0222

Published: 23 November 2013

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
Debian/Ubuntu don't use the vulnerable patch

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
coreutils
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Needs triage

hardy Not vulnerable

lucid Not vulnerable

oneiric Not vulnerable

precise Not vulnerable

quantal Not vulnerable