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.
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
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-01-24T16:59:45

Updated: 2020-01-24T16:59:45

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


Link: CVE-2015-4042

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

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

Modified: 2020-02-01T17:33:16.920


Link: CVE-2015-4042

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