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.
Exploits (1)
exploitdb
WORKING POC
VERIFIED
by anonymous · textlocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38232
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=903464
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1652.html
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/149348#diff_headline_coreutils-i18n-patch_diff_action_0_submit_0_19
Exploit, Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798538
Scores
EPSS
0.0601
EPSS Percentile
90.8%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (3)
opensuse/opensuse
12.1
opensuse/opensuse
12.2
redhat/enterprise_linux
6.0
Published
Nov 23, 2013
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026