CVE-2015-5218

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2015-09-02
CWE:
CWE-119
Bugzilla:
1259322: CVE-2015-5218 colcrt: global-buffer-overflow

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Buffer overflow in text-utils/colcrt.c in colcrt in util-linux before 2.27 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file, related to the page global variable.

Find out more about CVE-2015-5218 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 3.7
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 util-linux Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 util-linux-ng Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 util-linux Will not fix

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