CVE-2020-0256

An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in gdisks' LoadPartitionTable function of 'gpt.cc'. The exploitation of this flaw requires the use of a malicious storage device for example, a USB Stick that can cause a crash when physically inserted into the system and possible local privilege escalation...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2021-0073)

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Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-2549-1)

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Debian DLA-2549-1 : gdisk security update

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 with no additional execution privileges needed. CVE-2021-0308 In ReadLogicalParts of basicmbr.cc, there is a possible out of bound...

[SECURITY] [DLA 2549-1] gdisk security update

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-2549-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Utkarsh Gupta February 08, 2021 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS -...

MGASA-2021-0073 Updated gdisk package fixes security vulnerabilities

A bug that could cause segfault if GPT header claimed partition entries are oversized CVE-2020-0256. A bug that could cause a crash if a badly-formatted MBR disk was read CVE-2021-0308. The gdisk package has been updated to version 1.0.6, fixing these issues and several other bugs. See the upstre...

Updated gdisk package fixes security vulnerabilities

A bug that could cause segfault if GPT header claimed partition entries are oversized CVE-2020-0256. A bug that could cause a crash if a badly-formatted MBR disk was read CVE-2021-0308. The gdisk package has been updated to version 1.0.6, fixing these issues and several other bugs. See the upstre...

Privilege Escalation

gdisk is vulnerable to privilege escalation. The vulnerability is possible when an attacker inserts a USB device with malicious code...

Distribution Release : SystemRescueCd 2.1.0 Download

François Dupoux has released an updated version of SystemRescueCd, a Gentoo-based live CD containing a collection of utilities for disk management and data rescue tasks. What's new in version 2.1.0? "Updated standard kernels to 2.6.35.12 long-term kernel: rescuecd + rescue64; alternative kernels...