Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2013-0221 — Improper Input Validation in Coreutils

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-391 — Unchecked Error ConditionCWE-665 — Improper Initialization8 documents7 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
6.0%
top 9.29%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Affected products
5
OpensuseRedhat Enterprise LinuxDebian Coreutils+2 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 23
Latest updateMay 5

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDopensuse/opensuse12.1, 12.2+1

Also affects: Enterprise Linux 6.0

Patches

Patch: build.opensuse.org ↗Patch: build.opensuse.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-x3x5-p66w-97q3: The SUSE coreutils-i18n↗2022-05-05
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💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
GNU Coreutils 'sort' Text Utility - Local Buffer Overflow↗2013-01-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Microsoft
CVE-2013-0221: NIST NVD Details: https://nvd↗2020-09-08
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Red Hat
coreutils: segfault in "sort -d" and "sort -M" with long line input↗2013-01-15
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Debian
CVE-2013-0221: coreutils - The SUSE coreutils-i18n.patch for GNU coreutils allows context-dependent attacke...↗2013
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-0221 CVE-2013-0222 CVE-2013-0223 coreutils various flaws [fedora-all]↗2013-01-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2013-0221 coreutils: segfault in "sort -d" and "sort -M" with long line input↗2013-01-24
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