usn-8697-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-08-31 11:40
Modified
2026-08-31 11:40
Summary
coreutils vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that GNU Core Utilities sort had a heap buffer under-read in its begfield() function. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GNU Core Utilities to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2025-5278)

It was discovered that GNU Core Utilities uniq had an out-of-bounds read when the -w option was used with crafted multibyte input. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GNU Core Utilities to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-56391)

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