USN-5478-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5478-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5478-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5478-1
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Published
2022-06-14T22:50:13.426424Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:59Z
Summary
util-linux vulnerability
Details

Christian Moch and Michael Gruhn discovered that the libblkid library of util-linux did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause denial of service by consuming all memory through a specially crafted MSDOS partition table.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / util-linux

Package

Name
util-linux
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/util-linux@2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2

Affected versions

2.*

2.26.2-6ubuntu3
2.27-3ubuntu1
2.27.1-1ubuntu2
2.27.1-1ubuntu3
2.27.1-1ubuntu4
2.27.1-3ubuntu1
2.27.1-4ubuntu1
2.27.1-6ubuntu1
2.27.1-6ubuntu2
2.27.1-6ubuntu3
2.27.1-6ubuntu3.1
2.27.1-6ubuntu3.2
2.27.1-6ubuntu3.3
2.27.1-6ubuntu3.4
2.27.1-6ubuntu3.6
2.27.1-6ubuntu3.7
2.27.1-6ubuntu3.8
2.27.1-6ubuntu3.9
2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "bsdutils",
            "binary_version": "1:2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libblkid-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libblkid1",
            "binary_version": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfdisk-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfdisk1",
            "binary_version": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmount-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmount1",
            "binary_version": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsmartcols-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsmartcols1",
            "binary_version": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libuuid1",
            "binary_version": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mount",
            "binary_version": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "util-linux",
            "binary_version": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "util-linux-locales",
            "binary_version": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "uuid-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "uuid-runtime",
            "binary_version": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2016-5011",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}