A vulnerability has been discovered in Coreutils, which can lead to a heap buffer overflow and possibly aribitrary code execution.
| Package | Arch | Vulnerable | Unaffected |
|---|---|---|---|
| sys-apps/coreutils | * | < 9.4-r1 | >= 9.4-r1 |
The GNU Core Utilities are the basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system.
A vulnerability has been discovered in the Coreutils "split" program that can lead to a heap buffer overflow and possibly arbitrary code execution.
Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Coreutils users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/coreutils-9.4-r1"
A vulnerability in Coreutils could lead to the execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service condition.
| Package | Arch | Vulnerable | Unaffected |
|---|---|---|---|
| sys-apps/coreutils | * | < 8.23 | >= 8.23 |
The GNU Core Utilities are the basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system.
A memory corruption flaw in GNU Coreutils’ parse_datetime function was reported. Applications using parse_datetime(), such as touch or date, may accepted untrusted input.
A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Coreutils users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/coreutils-8.23"