| Name | CVE-2024-0684 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1061138 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| coreutils (PTS) | bullseye | 8.32-4 | fixed |
| bookworm | 9.1-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 9.5-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[bookworm] - coreutils <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[bullseye] - coreutils <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[buster] - coreutils <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/2
Introduced by: https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/commit/40bf1591bb4362fa91e501bcec7c2029c5f65a43#diff-30bc328ab3afa0ab9f17c6e7cf1752d558ae37cf4200e95bbb04c405c2b59518L821 (v9.2)
Fixed by: https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/commit/c4c5ed8f4e9cd55a12966d4f520e3a13101637d9 (v9.5)