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SUSE: CVE-2016-5011: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-5011: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
11/03/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/10/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libblkid-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libblkid-devel-static
  • suse-upgrade-libblkid1
  • suse-upgrade-libblkid1-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libfdisk-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libfdisk1
  • suse-upgrade-libmount-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libmount1
  • suse-upgrade-libmount1-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libsmartcols-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libsmartcols1
  • suse-upgrade-libuuid-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libuuid-devel-static
  • suse-upgrade-libuuid1
  • suse-upgrade-libuuid1-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-python-libmount
  • suse-upgrade-sles12-docker-image
  • suse-upgrade-sles12sp1-docker-image
  • suse-upgrade-sles12sp2-docker-image
  • suse-upgrade-util-linux
  • suse-upgrade-util-linux-lang
  • suse-upgrade-util-linux-systemd
  • suse-upgrade-uuidd

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:2764-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2954-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0553-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2699-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2700-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2701-1
  • CVE-2016-5011
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