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Debian: CVE-2016-4804: dosfstools -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-4804: dosfstools -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/15/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/31/2017
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

The read_boot function in boot.c in dosfstools before 4.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted filesystem, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow in the (1) read_fat function or an out-of-bounds heap read in (2) get_fat function.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-dosfstools

References

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