Out-of-Bounds The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package dosfstools  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1710-DOSFSTOOLS-617619
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed13 Nov 2017

Introduced: 13 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-13811  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:17.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dosfstools package and not the dosfstools package as distributed by Ubuntu.

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.1 is affected. The issue involves the "fsck_msdos" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app.