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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2016-5011: util-linux security update

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Published

Apr 11, 2017

Added

Nov 30, 2017

Modified

Apr 1, 2026

Description

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.

Solutions

huawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-libblkidhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-libblkid-develhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-libmounthuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-libuuidhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-libuuid-develhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-util-linuxhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-uuidd

References

CVE-2016-5011
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-5011
EULEROS-EulerOS-SA-2016-1068
EUVD-EUVD-2016-5970
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-5970

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