Description (CNA)
A flaw was found in GNU Coreutils. The sort utility's begfield() function is vulnerable to a heap buffer under-read. The program may access memory outside the allocated buffer if a user runs a crafted command using the traditional key format. A malicious input could lead to a crash or leak sensitive data.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Not supplied / Not supplied | affected 7.2 before 9.8 |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | unaffected 0:9.5-8.el10_2 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | unaffected 0:8.30-21.el8_10 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unaffected 0:8.32-41.el9_8 before * |
| Red Hat / Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17 | unaffected 1791371080 before * |
| Red Hat / Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17 | unaffected 1791371069 before * |
| Red Hat / Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17 | unaffected 1791788287 before * |
| Red Hat / Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17 | unaffected 1791970484 before * |
| Red Hat / Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18 | unaffected 1791459707 before * |
| Red Hat / Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18 | unaffected 1791459711 before * |
| Red Hat / Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18 | unaffected 1791459759 before * |
| Red Hat / Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18 | unaffected 1789029076 before * |
| Red Hat / Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18 | unaffected 1791966259 before * |
| Red Hat / Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.20 | unaffected 1790598593 before * |
| Red Hat / Cost Management 4 | unaffected 1783539156 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Discovery 2 | unaffected 1782756541 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Discovery 2 | unaffected 1784821670 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5 | unaffected 1782890503 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2 | unaffected 1782501180 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2 | unaffected 1782501200 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2 | unaffected 1782498923 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2 | unaffected 1782510941 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2 | unaffected 1782501220 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2 | unaffected 1782501196 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2 | unaffected 1782501195 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2 | unaffected 1785704636 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2 | unaffected 1785704547 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 | unaffected 1784794818 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 | unaffected 1784794778 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 | unaffected 1784795112 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 | unaffected 1784794289 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 | unaffected 1784795076 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 | unaffected 1787241211 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 | unaffected 1787135742 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 | unaffected 1787241260 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | unknown |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | unknown |
| Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | affected |
| Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | affected |
CWE
CWE-121
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28911
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33124
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33313
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33612
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34102
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39981
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:44481
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46836
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50205
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:58981
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69964
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72502
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82304
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82322
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82347
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82354
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82372
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82857
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82888
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5278
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2368764
- https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=8c9602e3a145e9596dc1a63c6ed67865814b6633
- https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=78507
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/27/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/29/1
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-5278
- https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=8c9602e3a145e9596dc1a63c6ed67865814b6633
- https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/tree/NEWS?id=8c9602e3a145e9596dc1a63c6ed67865814b6633#n14
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/29/2
No English description supplied.
No references supplied.