CVE-2016-5011 Affecting libblkid package, versions <0:2.23.2-33.el7
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.16% (53rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-LIBBLKID-2075459
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 11 Jul 2016
Introduced: 11 Jul 2016
CVE-2016-5011 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7
libblkid
to version 0:2.23.2-33.el7 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libblkid
package and not the libblkid
package as distributed by Centos
.
See How to fix?
for Centos:7
relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91683
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/commit/?id=7164a1c3
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1024543
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1021801
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5011
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/11/2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2605.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2605
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036272