Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20130221000
Revision Date:2013-11-23Version:1
Title:CVE-2013-0221 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2013-0221
Platform(s):Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed.
  • AND While related to the CVE in some way, the 'coreutils' package in precise is not affected.
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