dosfstools memory leak vulnerability

dosfstools is a set of open source command line utilities , it supports the user to be able to easily and quickly create labels and check the GNU/Linux operating system in the MS-DOS FAT file system , etc. . A security vulnerability exists in the 'setfat' function of dosfstools, which originates...

PT-2015-7824

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions dosfstools versions prior to 4.0 Description The issue is related to the set fat function in fat.c, which might allow attackers to corrupt a FAT12 filesystem or cause a denial of service. This can happen when an odd number of clusters is writt...