Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 23, 2013· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2013-0223

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 join command, when using the -i switch, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow in the alloca function.

Affected products

OpenSUSE/openSUSE3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

build.opensuse.org/request/show/149348nvdExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1652.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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