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Debian: CVE-2017-6596: partclone -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-6596: partclone -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/10/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/01/2017
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

partclone.chkimg in partclone 0.2.89 is prone to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient validation of the partclone image header. An attacker may be able to launch a 'Denial of Service attack' in the context of the user running the affected application.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-partclone

References

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