CVE-2013-0223 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in GNU coreutils, specifically within the 'join' command when used with the '-i' switch and a long input string. This flaw, patched by SUSE, can lead to a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) on affected systems, including various versions of openSUSE and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 1.9, indicating a local attack vector with medium complexity and only partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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CVE-2013-0223
Sep 8, 2020The 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.
Nov 2, 2013coreutils: segfault in "join -i" with long line input
Jan 15, 2013