Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting coreutils package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-COREUTILS-1944972
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 27 Apr 2015
Introduced: 27 Apr 2015
CVE-2015-4041 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:7 coreutils.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream coreutils package and not the coreutils package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
The keycompare_mb function in sort.c in sort in GNU Coreutils through 8.23 on 64-bit platforms performs a size calculation without considering the number of bytes occupied by multibyte characters, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via long UTF-8 strings.