UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4804

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4804
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4804.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4804
Related
Published
2016-05-19T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:14Z
Severity
  • 6.2 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The readboot 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) readfat function or an out-of-bounds heap read in (2) get_fat function.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / dosfstools

Package

Name
dosfstools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/dosfstools@3.0.26-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.0.26-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.0.16-2ubuntu2
3.0.24-1
3.0.25-1
3.0.26-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.26-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "dosfstools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.26-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "dosfstools-dbg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.26-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "dosfstools-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.26-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "dosfstools-udeb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.26-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "dosfstools-udeb-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / dosfstools

Package

Name
dosfstools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/dosfstools@3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.0.28-1
3.0.28-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "dosfstools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "dosfstools-dbg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "dosfstools-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "dosfstools-udeb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "dosfstools-udeb-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}