CVE-2015-4042

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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/15/1	Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/pixelb/coreutils/commit/bea5e36cc876ed627bb5e0eca36fdfaa6465e940	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/15/1	Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/pixelb/coreutils/commit/bea5e36cc876ed627bb5e0eca36fdfaa6465e940	Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 02:30

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/15/1 - Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory~~	() http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/15/1 - Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://github.com/pixelb/coreutils/commit/bea5e36cc876ed627bb5e0eca36fdfaa6465e940 - Patch, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://github.com/pixelb/coreutils/commit/bea5e36cc876ed627bb5e0eca36fdfaa6465e940 - Patch, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2020-01-24 17:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 02:30

NVD link : CVE-2015-4042

Mitre link : CVE-2015-4042

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-4042

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gnu

coreutils

CWE

CWE-190

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

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