USN-5262-1

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5262-1

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5262-1.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5262-1

Related

Published

2022-02-03T20:32:00.932874Z

Modified

2022-02-03T20:32:00.932874Z

Summary

gdisk vulnerabilities

Details

The potential for an out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check was discovered to impact the sgdisk utility of GPT fdisk. Exploitation requires the use of a maliciously formatted storage device and could cause sgdisk to crash as well as possibly allow for local privilege escalation.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / gdisk

Package

Name: gdisk
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/gdisk?arch=src?distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.0-3

1.0.1-1

1.0.1-1build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "gdisk"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "gdisk-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}