USN-2986-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2986-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2986-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2986-1
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Published
2016-05-31T15:04:24.965074Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:15Z
Summary
dosfstools vulnerabilities
Details

Hanno Böck discovered that dosfstools incorrectly handled certain malformed filesystems. A local attacker could use this issue to cause dosfstools to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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 

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

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2986-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2015-8872",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2016-4804",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

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 

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

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2986-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2015-8872",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2016-4804",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}