CVE-2015-5218

UNKNOWN

Buffer overflow in text-utils/colcrt

Published Nov 9, 2015

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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

ADVISORY

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00035.html

WEB

http://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg11873.html

WEB

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259322

WEB

https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/70e3fcf293c1827a2655a86584ab13075124a8a8

WEB

https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/d883d64d96ab9bef510745d064a351145b9babec

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5218

WEB

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.27/v2.27-ReleaseNotes

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Exploitability

Access Vector

LocalAV:L

Access Complexity

LowAC:L

Authentication

NoneAu:N

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

PartialA:P

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

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedNov 9, 2015

ModifiedAug 6, 2024

CVE-2015-5218 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence