UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6596

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6596
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6596.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6596
Upstream
Published
2017-03-10T10:59:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:12Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

partclone.chkimg in partclone 0.2.89 is prone to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient validation of the partclone image header. An attacker may be able to launch a 'Denial of Service attack' in the context of the user running the affected application.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / partclone

Package

Name
partclone
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/partclone@0.2.86-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.2.78-3
0.2.83-1
0.2.86-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "partclone",
            "binary_version": "0.2.86-1"
        }
    ]
}