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Package "coreutils"

Name: coreutils

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GNU core utilities
Latest version: 9.4-3ubuntu6.3
Release: noble (24.04)
Level: security
Repository: main
Homepage: http://gnu.org/software/coreutils

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Version: 9.4-3ubuntu6.3 2026-08-31 13:07:47 UTC

coreutils (9.4-3ubuntu6.3) noble-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: out-of-bounds read in sort
    - debian/patches/CVE-2025-5278.patch: sort: fix buffer under-read in
      src/sort.c, tests/local.mk, tests/sort/sort-field-limit.sh,
      Makefile.in.
    - CVE-2025-5278

 -- Marc Deslauriers Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:09:03 -0400
CVE-2025-5278 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 ou


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