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
Related
Published
2017-03-10T10:59:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:21Z
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
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:Pro:16.04:LTS / partclone

Package

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

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / partclone

Package

Name
partclone
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/partclone@0.3.11-1build1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.3.11-1build1

Affected versions

0.*

0.3.6-2build1
0.3.11-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.3.11-1build1",
            "binary_name": "partclone"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.3.11-1build1",
            "binary_name": "partclone-dbgsym"
        }
    ],
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}