GLSA-202105-03 : GPT fdisk: Integer underflow

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202105-03 GPT fdisk: Integer underflow It was discovered that ReadLogicalParts function in basicmbr.cc was missing a bounds check. Impact : A local attacker could entice a user to insert a malicious formatted block device USB stic...

GPT fdisk: Integer underflow

Background GPT fdisk consisting of the gdisk, cgdisk, sgdisk, and fixparts programs is a set of text-mode partitioning tools for Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, and Windows. Description It was discovered that ReadLogicalParts function in basicmbr.cc was missing a bounds check. Impact A local attacker...

AIs and Fake Comments

This month, the New York state attorney general issued a report on a scheme by "U.S. Companies and Partisans to Hack Democracy." This wasn’t another attempt by Republicans to make it harder for Black people and urban residents to vote. It was a concerted attack on another core element of US...

Extracting Personal Information from Large Language Models Like GPT-2

Researchers have been able to find all sorts of personal information within GPT-2. This information was part of the training data, and can be extracted with the right sorts of queries. Paper: "Extracting Training Data from Large Language Models." Abstract: It has become common to publish large...

How to make a software BTRFS RAID1 with LUKS2 FDE

The guide below is simplified in a way that preparing the boot partition is not covered. Software based btrfs RAID1 requires two devices, which conceptually dont even need to be on different disks. But for obvious reasons, its a good idea if they are… Having mirroring against encrypted storage...

ALPINE-CVE-2020-0256

In LoadPartitionTable of gpt.cc, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege when inserting a malicious USB device, with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product:...

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-0256

In LoadPartitionTable of gpt.cc, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege when inserting a malicious USB device, with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product:...

Out-of-bounds

In LoadPartitionTable of gpt.cc, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege when inserting a malicious USB device, with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product:...

MBR disk restore to UEFI system fails with "OS disk in backup uses MBR disk" warning

Challenge When attempting to restore a Windows machine using Bare Metal Recovery, the restore displays the warning: OS disk in backup uses MBR disk. This may cause boot issues on UEFI systems Cause The Bare Metal Recovery restore has detected that the system within the selected restore point was...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

kernel is vulnerable to denial of service DoS. The vulnerability exists through a heap overflow flaw in the EFI GUID Partition Table GPT implementation could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service by mounting a disk containing specially-crafted partition tables...

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8432

In Das U-Boot through 2020.01, a double free has been found in the cmd/gpt.c dorenamegptparts function. Double freeing may result in a write-what-where condition, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code. NOTE: this vulnerablity was introduced when attempting to fix a memory leak identified...

CVE-2020-8432

In Das U-Boot through 2020.01, a double free has been found in the cmd/gpt.c dorenamegptparts function. Double freeing may result in a write-what-where condition, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code. NOTE: this vulnerablity was introduced when attempting to fix a memory leak identified...

UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8432

In Das U-Boot through 2020.01, a double free has been found in the cmd/gpt.c dorenamegptparts function. Double freeing may result in a write-what-where condition, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code. NOTE: this vulnerablity was introduced when attempting to fix a memory leak identified...

PT-2020-6805

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Das U-Boot versions through 2020.01 Description A double free issue has been found in the do rename gpt parts function, located in cmd/gpt.c. This issue may result in a write-what-where condition, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code...

Attention is All They Need: Combatting Social Media Information Operations With Neural Language Models

Information operations have flourished on social media in part because they can be conducted cheaply, are relatively low risk, have immediate global reach, and can exploit the type of viral amplification incentivized by platforms. Using networks of coordinated accounts, social media-driven...

CVE-2018-11262

In Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, and QRD Android with all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel while trying to find out total number of partition via a non zero check, there could be possibility where the 'TotalPart' could cross 'GptHeader-MaxPtCnt' and which could result in OO...

Out-of-bounds

In all android releases Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android from CAF using the linux kernel, while processing a gpt update, an out of bounds memory access may potentially occur...

CVE-2017-15825

In all android releases Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android from CAF using the linux kernel, while processing a gpt update, an out of bounds memory access may potentially occur...

PT-2018-5996

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to the processing of a gpt update, which may lead to an out of bounds memory access. This affects Android releases, including Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM,...

CVE-2017-15825: Out-of-bounds Read

In all android releases Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android from CAF using the linux kernel, while processing a gpt update, an out of bounds memory access may potentially occur...