CVE-2016-5011
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-04-11 15:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:46
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
0.06% (0.15644)
Summary
The parse_dos_extended function in partitions/dos.c in the libblkid library in util-linux allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted MSDOS partition table with an extended partition boot record at zero offset.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2605.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1024543Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1021801Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/11/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91683Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036272Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/commit/?id=7164a1c3Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2605.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1024543Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1021801Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/11/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91683Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036272Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/commit/?id=7164a1c3Patch, Vendor Advisory
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