Attacker Value
Unknown
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Exploitability
Unknown
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User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
None
Attack Vector
Physical
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CVE-2016-5011

Disclosure Date: April 11, 2017
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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.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
4.6 Medium
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
0.9
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Physical
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • ibm,
  • kernel,
  • redhat

Products

  • enterprise linux desktop 7.0,
  • enterprise linux eus 7.3,
  • enterprise linux eus 7.4,
  • enterprise linux eus 7.5,
  • enterprise linux eus 7.6,
  • enterprise linux eus 7.7,
  • enterprise linux server 7.0,
  • enterprise linux server aus 7.3,
  • enterprise linux server aus 7.4,
  • enterprise linux server aus 7.6,
  • enterprise linux server aus 7.7,
  • enterprise linux server tus 7.3,
  • enterprise linux server tus 7.6,
  • enterprise linux server tus 7.7,
  • enterprise linux workstation 7.0,
  • power hardware management console 8.8.6.0,
  • powerkvm 2.1,
  • powerkvm 3.1,
  • util-linux
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