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
Related
Published
2022-06-14T22:50:13.426424Z
Modified
2022-06-14T22:50:13.426424Z
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=src?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": [
        {
            "uuid-runtime": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "libfdisk-dev": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "bsdutils": "1:2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "fdisk-udeb": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "bsdutils-dbgsym": "1:2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "libmount1-dbgsym": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "util-linux": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "fdisk-udeb-dbgsym": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "uuid-dev": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "libmount-dev": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "libuuid1": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "libblkid1-dbgsym": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "libfdisk1-udeb": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "libsmartcols1-dbgsym": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "libfdisk1-udeb-dbgsym": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "util-linux-dbgsym": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "libfdisk1-dbgsym": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "libsmartcols-dev": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "util-linux-locales": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "libsmartcols1": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "util-linux-udeb": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "libblkid1-udeb-dbgsym": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "libuuid1-dbgsym": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "libuuid1-udeb": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "mount": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "libmount1": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "libuuid1-udeb-dbgsym": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "libsmartcols1-udeb-dbgsym": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "libfdisk1": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "libsmartcols1-udeb": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "libblkid1-udeb": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "mount-dbgsym": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "uuid-runtime-dbgsym": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "libblkid-dev": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "libblkid1": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2",
            "util-linux-udeb-dbgsym": "2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2"
        }
    ]
}