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CentOS 6 : coreutils (CESA-2013:1652)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 79171
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated coreutils packages that fix three security issues, several bugs, and add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
The coreutils package contains the core GNU utilities. It is a combination of the old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages.
It was discovered that the sort, uniq, and join utilities did not properly restrict the use of the alloca() function. An attacker could use this flaw to crash those utilities by providing long input strings. (CVE-2013-0221, CVE-2013-0222, CVE-2013-0223)
These updated coreutils packages include numerous bug fixes and two enhancements. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Technical Notes, linked to in the References, for information on the most significant of these changes.
All coreutils users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues and add these enhancements.
Solution
Update the affected coreutils packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 79171
File Name: centos_RHSA-2013-1652.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 11/12/2014
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0221
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:coreutils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:coreutils-libs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/26/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/23/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-0221, CVE-2013-0222, CVE-2013-0223
RHSA: 2013:1652