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Alpine Linux: CVE-2024-0684: Out-of-bounds Write

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2024-0684: Out-of-bounds Write

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
02/06/2024
Created
04/09/2024
Added
03/26/2024
Modified
06/11/2024

Description

A flaw was found in the GNU coreutils "split" program. A heap overflow with user-controlled data of multiple hundred bytes in length could occur in the line_bytes_split() function, potentially leading to an application crash and denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-coreutils

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