CVE-2024-0684
Published: 6 February 2024
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.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| sbeattie | introduced in 40bf1591b ("split: prefer signed integers
to size_t") (v9.2) |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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coreutils Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
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| focal |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
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| jammy |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
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| lunar |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
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| mantic |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
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| noble |
Not vulnerable
(9.4-2ubuntu3)
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| trusty |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
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| upstream |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
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| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
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Patches: upstream: https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/commit/c4c5ed8f4e9cd55a12966d4f520e3a13101637d9 |
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.5 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |