QID 240826

Date Published: 2022-11-09

QID 240826: Red Hat Update for gdisk (RHSA-2022:7700)

The gdisk packages provide the gdisk partitioning utility for guid partition table (gpt) disks.
The utility features a command-line interface similar to fdisk, direct manipulation of partition table structures, recovery tools to deal with corrupt partition tables, and the ability to convert master boot record (mbr) disks to the gpt format...Security Fix(es):

    gdisk: possible out-of-bounds-write in loadpartitiontable of gpt.cc (cve-2020-0256).
    Gdisk: possible out-of-bounds-write in readlogicalparts of basicmbr.cc (cve-2021-0308).
Affected Products:
    Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 8 x86_64.
    Red hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 8 s390x.
    Red hat enterprise linux for power, little endian 8 ppc64le.
    Red hat enterprise linux for arm 64 8 aarch64.
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Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.2 severity.
    • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2022:7700 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 240826

    CVE-2020-0256 | CVE-2021-0308 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2022:7700 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7700
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