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CVE-2015-4042

Publication date 24 January 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Integer overflow in the keycompare_mb function in sort.c in sort in GNU Coreutils through 8.23 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via long strings.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
coreutils 15.10 wily
Not affected
15.04 vivid Ignored
14.10 utopic Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

Ubuntu doesn't contain the i18n patch

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
coreutils

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H