Out-of-Bounds Affecting util-linux package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (6th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-UTILLINUX-285855
- published 9 Nov 2015
- disclosed 9 Nov 2015
Introduced: 9 Nov 2015
CVE-2015-5218 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:8 util-linux.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream util-linux package and not the util-linux package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
Buffer overflow in text-utils/colcrt.c in colcrt in util-linux before 2.27 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file, related to the page global variable.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5218
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.27/v2.27-ReleaseNotes
- https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/70e3fcf293c1827a2655a86584ab13075124a8a8
- https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/d883d64d96ab9bef510745d064a351145b9babec
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg11873.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00035.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259322