CVE-2016-4804
Published on: 06/03/2016 12:00:00 AM UTC
Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:26:59 PM UTC
Certain versions of Ubuntu Linux from Canonical contain the following vulnerability:
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.
- CVE-2016-4804 has been assigned by
[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as MEDIUM severity.
CVSS3 Score: 6.2 - MEDIUM
Attack Vector ⓘ |
Attack Complexity |
Privileges Required |
User Interaction |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
LOCAL | LOW | NONE | NONE | |
Scope | Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
|
UNCHANGED | NONE | NONE | HIGH |
CVSS2 Score: 2.1 - LOW
Access Vector ⓘ |
Access Complexity |
Authentication |
---|---|---|
LOCAL | LOW | NONE |
Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
NONE | NONE | PARTIAL |
CVE References
Description | Tags ⓘ | Link |
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Heap overflow in function read_fat() · Issue #25 · dosfstools/dosfstools · GitHub | Patch Vendor Advisory github.com text/html |
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read_boot(): Handle excessive FAT size specifications · dosfstools/[email protected] · GitHub | github.com text/html |
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USN-2986-1: dosfstools vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | www.ubuntu.com text/html |
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heap out of bounds read in get_fat() · Issue #26 · dosfstools/dosfstools · GitHub | Patch Vendor Advisory github.com text/html |
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[SECURITY] [DLA 2224-1] dosfstools security update | lists.debian.org text/html |
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openSUSE-SU-2016:2233-1: moderate: Security update for dosfstools | lists.opensuse.org text/html |
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openSUSE-SU-2016:1461-1: moderate: Security update for dosfstools | lists.opensuse.org text/html |
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dosfstools Multiple Security Vulnerabilities | cve.report (archive) text/html |
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dosfstools / fsck.vfat: Several invalid memory accesses | The Fuzzing Project | Patch blog.fuzzing-project.org text/html |
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There are currently no QIDs associated with this CVE
Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.04 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 15.10 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.04 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 15.10 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 | All | All | All |
Application | Dosfstools Project | Dosfstools | All | All | All | All |
Operating System | Opensuse | Leap | 42.1 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Opensuse | Leap | 42.1 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Opensuse | Opensuse | 13.2 | All | All | All |
Operating System | Opensuse | Opensuse | 13.2 | All | All | All |
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:dosfstools_project:dosfstools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE