CVE-2016-5011

Severity

47%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

115%

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.

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.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: physical. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.7. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

First reported 7 years ago

2017-04-11 15:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-04-17 16:50:00

Affected Software

RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0

7.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 7.0

7.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0

7.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0

7.0

IBM PowerKVM 2.1

2.1

IBM PowerKVM 3.1

3.1

References

RHSA-2016:2605

Third Party Advisory

[oss-security] 20160711 CVE-2016-5011: util-linux: Extended partition loop in MBR partition table leads to DoS

Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory

91683

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1036272

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1024543

Third Party Advisory

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1021801

Third Party Advisory

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/commit/?id=7164a1c3

Patch

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