Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5262-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 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...

USN-5262-1: GPT fdisk vulnerabilities

The potential for an out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check was discovered to impact the sgdisk utility of GPT fdisk. Exploitation requires the use of a maliciously formatted storage device and could cause sgdisk to crash as well as possibly allow for local privilege escalation...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : GPT fdisk vulnerabilities (USN-5262-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5262-1 advisory. The potential for an out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check was discovered to impact the sgdisk utility of GPT fdisk. Exploitation requires th...

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...