Description
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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
coreutils
Default version status: unaffected
7.2 to < 9.8affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Default version status: affected
0:9.5-8.el10_2 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Default version status: affected
0:8.30-21.el8_10 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Default version status: affected
0:8.32-41.el9_8 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17
Default version status: affected
1791371080 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17
Default version status: affected
1791371069 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17
Default version status: affected
1791788287 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.17
Default version status: affected
1791970484 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18
Default version status: affected
1791459707 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18
Default version status: affected
1791459711 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18
Default version status: affected
1791459759 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18
Default version status: affected
1789029076 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.18
Default version status: affected
1791966259 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Cert Manager support for Red Hat OpenShift release 1.20
Default version status: affected
1790598593 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Cost Management 4
Default version status: affected
1783539156 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Discovery 2
Default version status: affected
1782756541 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Discovery 2
Default version status: affected
1784821670 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Insights proxy 1.5
Default version status: affected
1782890503 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2
Default version status: affected
1782501180 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2
Default version status: affected
1782501200 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2
Default version status: affected
1782498923 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2
Default version status: affected
1782510941 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2
Default version status: affected
1782501220 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2
Default version status: affected
1782501196 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2
Default version status: affected
1782501195 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2
Default version status: affected
1785704636 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3.10.2
Default version status: affected
1785704547 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5
Default version status: affected
1784794818 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5
Default version status: affected
1784794778 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5
Default version status: affected
1784795112 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5
Default version status: affected
1784794289 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5
Default version status: affected
1784795076 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5
Default version status: affected
1787241211 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5
Default version status: affected
1787135742 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5
Default version status: affected
1787241260 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Default version status: unknown
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Default version status: unknown
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Default version status: affected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Default version status: affected
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28911 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33124 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33313 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33612 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34102 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39981 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:44481 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46836 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50205 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:58981 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69964 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72502 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82304 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82322 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82347 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82354 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82372 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82857 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:82888 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5278 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2368764 ↗
- https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=8c9602e3a145e9596dc1a63c6ed67865814b6633 ↗
- https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=78507 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/27/2 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/29/1 ↗
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-5278 ↗
- https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/tree/NEWS?id=8c9602e3a145e9596dc1a63c6ed67865814b6633#n14 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/29/2 ↗