CVE-2016-5011
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 11, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- May 24, 2016
Description
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.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/commit/?id=7164a1c3
- 91683vdb-entry
- 1036272vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20160711 CVE-2016-5011: util-linux: Extended partition loop in MBR partition table leads to DoSmailing-list
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1021801
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1024543
- RHSA-2016:2605vendor-advisory
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