Summary
Hanno Böck discovered that dosfstools incorrectly handled certain malformed
filesystems. A local attacker could use this issue to cause dosfstools to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.
Fixed packages 2
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS | dosfstools | 3.0.26-1ubuntu0.1 |
| Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS | dosfstools | 3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1 |
Vulnerabilities 2
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Unscored —
The set_fat function in fat.c in dosfstools before 4.0 might allow attackers to corrupt a FAT12 filesystem or cause a d…
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Unscored —
The read_boot function in boot.c in dosfstools before 4.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a c…