UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5218

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5218

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5218.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5218

Upstream

CVE-2015-5218

Withdrawn

2025-07-18T16:43:15Z

Published

2015-11-09T16:59:00Z

Modified

2025-07-16T07:48:45.762520Z

Severity

Ubuntu - low

Summary

[none]

Details

Buffer overflow in text-utils/colcrt.c in colcrt in util-linux before 2.27 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file, related to the page global variable.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / bsdmainutils

Package

Name: bsdmainutils
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/bsdmainutils@11.1.2ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

11.1.2ubuntu1

Affected versions

9.*

9.0.12+nmu1ubuntu1

9.0.14ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "11.1.2ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "bsdmainutils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "11.1.2ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "bsdmainutils-dbgsym"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5218.json"

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / bsdmainutils