CVE-2016-5011 Affecting libuuid-devel package, versions <0:2.23.2-33.el7


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-LIBUUIDDEVEL-5166567
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed11 Jul 2016

Introduced: 11 Jul 2016

CVE-2016-5011  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 libuuid-devel to version 0:2.23.2-33.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2605.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libuuid-devel package and not the libuuid-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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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