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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2013-0221

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 sort command, when using the (1) -d or (2) -M switch, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow in the alloca function.
Publish Date : 2013-11-23 Last Update Date : 2019-04-22
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
4.3
Confidentiality Impact None (There is no impact to the confidentiality of the system.)
Integrity Impact None (There is no impact to the integrity of the system)
Availability Impact Partial (There is reduced performance or interruptions in resource availability.)
Access Complexity Medium (The access conditions are somewhat specialized. Some preconditions must be satistified to exploit)
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s) Denial Of ServiceOverflow
CWE ID 20

- Related OVAL Definitions

Title Definition Id Class Family
ELSA-2013-1652 -- coreutils security, bug fix, and enhancement update (low) oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27427 unix
RHSA-2013:1652: coreutils security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Low) oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20131652 unix
RHSA-2013:1652: coreutils security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Low) oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25908 unix
OVAL (Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language) definitions define exactly what should be done to verify a vulnerability or a missing patch. Check out the OVAL definitions if you want to learn what you should do to verify a vulnerability.

- Products Affected By CVE-2013-0221

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 Application GNU Coreutils Version Details Vulnerabilities
2 OS Opensuse Opensuse 12.1 Version Details Vulnerabilities
3 OS Opensuse Opensuse 12.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities
4 OS Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
GNU Coreutils 1
Opensuse Opensuse 2
Redhat Enterprise Linux 1

- References For CVE-2013-0221

https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/149348#diff_headline_coreutils-i18n-patch_diff_action_0_submit_0_19 CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=903464 CONFIRM
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1652.html
REDHAT RHSA-2013:1652
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798538 CONFIRM

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2013-0221

There are not any metasploit modules related to this CVE entry (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)
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