util-linux security, bug fix, and enhancement update

2.23.2-33.0.1 - fix Oracle bug 23001516 - backport lscpu: correct the Virtualization type on Xen DomU PV guest - Reviewed-by: Joe Jin 2.23.2-33 - improve patch for 1007734 libblkid realpaths 2.23.2-32 - improve patch for chrt1 deadline support 1298384 - fix 1007734 - blkid shows devices as...

RedHat Update for util-linux RHSA-2016:2605-02

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

RHEL 7 : util-linux (RHSA-2016:2605)

An update for util-linux is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the...

util-linux: Extended partition loop in MBR partition table leads to DOS

It was found that util-linux's libblkid library did not properly handle Extended Boot Record EBR partitions when reading MS-DOS partition tables. An attacker with physical USB access to a protected machine could insert a storage device with a specially crafted partition table that could, for...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: util-linux security, bug fix, and enhancement update

An update for util-linux is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the...

Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2016-702)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

vhd-util tool to inspect the VHD headers of a VHD

vhd-util is a native utility of a XenServer used to inspect the VHD headers of a VHD. This will be useful to inspect the parent child relationship in VHD files...

Android on Nexus Qualcomm Component Privilege Gain Vulnerability

Android on Nexus 5 is an open source Linux-based operating system for the Nexus 5 smartphone developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance OHA.Qualcomm is one of the Qualcomm components used in the Qualcomm devices. Qualcomm is a Qualcomm component used in one of the Qualcomm devices. A...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9871

Multiple buffer overflows in drivers/media/platform/msm/camerav2/isp/msmisputil.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 2013 devices allow attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28749803 and Qualcomm internal bug CR51471...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9869

drivers/media/platform/msm/camerav2/isp/msmispstatsutil.c in the Qualcomm components in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 2013 devices does not validate certain index values, which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28749728 and Qualco...

Linux util-linux local elevation of privilege vulnerability

util-linux is a set of software packages used in Linux systems and contains a variety of system administration tools, it provides tools to load, unload, format, partition and manage hard drives, open tty ports and get kernel messages. A local boost vulnerability exists in version 2.24.2 of...

Linux util-linux Local Lift Vulnerability

Linux util-linux is a set of software packages used in Linux systems and contains a variety of system administration tools. A security vulnerability exists in Linux util-linux that could be exploited by a local attacker to elevate privileges...

Linux util-linux denial of service vulnerability

util-linux is a set of software packages used in Linux systems and contains a variety of system administration tools. A denial of service vulnerability exists in util-linux, which can be exploited by an attacker to cause an application to crash or consume large amounts of memory, resulting in a...

MGASA-2016-0256 Updated util-linux packages fix security vulnerability

The util-linux libblkid is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack during MSDOS partition table parsing, in the extended partition boot record EBR. If the next EBR starts at relative offset 0, parsedosextended will loop until running out of memory. An attacker could install a specially crafted...

Updated util-linux packages fix security vulnerability

The util-linux libblkid is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack during MSDOS partition table parsing, in the extended partition boot record EBR. If the next EBR starts at relative offset 0, parsedosextended will loop until running out of memory. An attacker could install a specially crafted...

PT-2017-8647

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions util-linux affected versions not specified Description The issue allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically memory consumption, by exploiting a crafted MSDOS partition table with an extended partition boot...

CVE-2016-5011

It was found that util-linux's libblkid library did not properly handle Extended Boot Record EBR partitions when reading MS-DOS partition tables. An attacker with physical USB access to a protected machine could insert a storage device with a specially crafted partition table that could, for...

Vulnerabilities in the Debian GNU/Linux operating system that allow a malicious individual to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information

The multiple vulnerabilities in the thttpd-util package of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system can lead to breaches of the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information...

SUSE-RU-2016:1515-1 Recommended update for bash-completion, util-linux

This update provides fixes and enhancements to bash-completion and util-linux. bash-completion: - Improve completion of LVM commands. bsc946875 - Fix completion with backticks. bsc940835 - Make ls completion smarter. bsc889319 - Avoid negative cword position counter. bsc922758 - Avoid trouble if...

Amazon Linux AMI : nspr / nss-util,nss,nss-softokn (ALAS-2016-702)

A use-after-free flaw was found in the way NSS handled DHE DiffieHellman key exchange and ECDHE Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman key exchange handshake messages. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted handshake message that, when parsed by an application linked against NSS, would cause tha...