QID 671074

Date Published: 2021-11-29

QID 671074: EulerOS Security Update for util-linux (EulerOS-SA-2019-2678)

The util-linux package contains a large variety of low-level system utilities that are necessary for a linux system to function.
Among others, util-linux contains the fdisk configuration tool and the login program.
Security fix(es): 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.(cve-2015-5218)

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

An arbitrary attacker may exploit this vulnerability to compromise the system.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 4.2 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Low - 2.1 severity.
    • Solution
    The Vendor has released a security update to fix the vulnerability. For more information please visit EulerOS-SA-2019-2678 for updates and patch information
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 671074

    CVE-2015-5218 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    EulerOS-SA-2019-2678 EulerOS V2.0SP3 URL Logo developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2019-2678
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