SUSE-SU-2015:1637-1

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    SUSE-SU-2015:1637-1

    Published: 14 Sept 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for coreutils

    Details: This update for coreutils provides the following fixes: - Fix memory handling error with case insensitive sort using UTF-8. (CVE-2015-4041, CVE-2015-4042) - Ensure 'df -a' shows all remote file system entries. - Only suppress remote mounts of separate exports with 'df --total'. - Document that 'df -a' might list duplicated file systems. - Adjust references to info nodes in man pages.

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20151637-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/866010, https://bugzilla.suse.com/901905, https://bugzilla.suse.com/907290, https://bugzilla.suse.com/921559, https://bugzilla.suse.com/928749, https://bugzilla.suse.com/930565, https://bugzilla.suse.com/933396, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4041, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4042

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: coreutils

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -8.22-9.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High