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Coreutils: heap buffer under-read in gnu coreutils sort via key specification

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.

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2025-5278

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17

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Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17

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Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17

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Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18

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Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18

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Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18

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Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18

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Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18

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Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.20

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Cost Management 4

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Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5

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Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2

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Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2

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Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2

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Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2

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Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2

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Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2

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Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2

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Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2

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Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2

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Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

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Related CVEs
CVE-2025-5278

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Publisher severity

medium

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Event
#23062 · Revision 1
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