Gnu: >> Coreutils >> 5.2.1 Security Vulnerabilities
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.
CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2020-01-24
In GNU Coreutils through 8.29, chown-core.c in chown and chgrp does not prevent replacement of a plain file with a symlink during use of the POSIX "-R -L" options, which allows local users to modify the ownership of arbitrary files by leveraging a race condition.
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2018-01-04
chroot in GNU coreutils, when used with --userspec, allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer.
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2017-02-07
The parse_datetime function in GNU coreutils allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string, as demonstrated by the "--date=TZ="123"345" @1" string to the touch or date command.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.011
Published
2015-01-16
The distcheck rule in dist-check.mk in GNU coreutils 5.2.1 through 8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file in a directory tree under /tmp.
CVSS Score
4.4
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2009-12-11
The default configuration of su in /etc/pam.d/su in GNU coreutils 5.2.1 allows local users to gain the privileges of a (1) locked or (2) expired account by entering the account name on the command line, related to improper use of the pam_succeed_if.so module.
CVSS Score
4.4
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2008-07-28
Race condition in Core Utilities (coreutils) 5.2.1, when (1) mkdir, (2) mknod, or (3) mkfifo is running with the -m switch, allows local users to modify permissions of other files.
CVSS Score
3.7
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2005-05-02