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.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5218
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:15Z
Published
2015-11-09T16:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:33:08.192559Z
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"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / bsdmainutils

Package

Name
bsdmainutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/bsdmainutils@11.1.2ubuntu3?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
11.1.2ubuntu3

Affected versions

11.*

11.1.2ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "11.1.2ubuntu3",
            "binary_name": "bsdmainutils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "11.1.2ubuntu3",
            "binary_name": "bsdmainutils-dbgsym"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}