CVE-2016-5011

MediumCVSS 4.6/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The parse_dos_extended function in partitions/dos.c in the libblkid library in util-linux allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted MSDOS partition table with an extended partition boot record at zero offset.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.6/10CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2605.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1024543Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1021801Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/11/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91683Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036272Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/commit/?id=7164a1c3Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2605.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1024543Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1021801Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/11/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91683Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036272Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/commit/?id=7164a1c3Patch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 11, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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