Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2016-5011CVE-2016-5011
4.6 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
52.5%
The parse_dos_extended function in partitions/dos.c in the libblkid library
in util-linux allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of
service (memory consumption) via a crafted MSDOS partition table with an
extended partition boot record at zero offset.
Bugs
- <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349536>
- <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=830802>
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| eslerm | upstream patch does not apply to 2.20.1 (trusty) |
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | util-linux | < any | UNKNOWN |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | util-linux | < 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only | UNKNOWN |
Related
4.6 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
52.5%