CVE-2015-4042 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2020-01-24

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-4070	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00391.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/15/1
https://github.com/pixelb/coreutils/commit/bea5e36cc876ed627bb5e0eca36fdfaa6465e940
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4042
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4042

History

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Subscriptions

Gnu Coreutils

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-01-24T16:59:45.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:04:02.840Z

Reserved: 2015-05-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-4042

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-01-24T17:15:12.577

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:30:20.507

Link: CVE-2015-4042

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-04-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-4042 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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