CVE-2013-0222

Publication date 23 November 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
coreutils	12.10 quantal	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected

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Notes

mdeslaur

Debian/Ubuntu don't use the vulnerable patch

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/21/14
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/23
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0222