Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 23, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2013-0221
CVE-2013-0221
Description
The SUSE coreutils-i18n.patch for GNU coreutils allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a long string to the sort command, when using the (1) -d or (2) -M switch, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow in the alloca function.
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Affected products
5- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue Tracking
- build.opensuse.org/request/show/149348nvdExploitPatch
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1652.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
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