Vulnerability CVE-2015-5218
Published: 2015-11-09

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Opensuse project -> Opensuse 
Opensuse project -> LEAP 
Opensuse -> Opensuse 
Novell -> LEAP 
Novell -> Opensuse 
Kernel -> Util-linux 

 References:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00035.html
http://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg11873.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259322
https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/70e3fcf293c1827a2655a86584ab13075124a8a8
https://github.com/kerolasa/lelux-utiliteetit/commit/d883d64d96ab9bef510745d064a351145b9babec
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.27/v2.27-ReleaseNotes
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