usn-5478-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2022-06-14 22:50
Modified
2026-06-25 10:46
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.

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                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
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                  "score": "low",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
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            }
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        }
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          },
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Christian Moch and Michael Gruhn discovered that the libblkid library\nof util-linux did not properly manage memory under certain\ncircumstances. A local attacker could possibly use this issue \nto cause denial of service by consuming all memory through\na specially crafted MSDOS partition table.\n",
  "id": "USN-5478-1",
  "modified": "2026-06-25T10:46:06Z",
  "published": "2022-06-14T22:50:13Z",
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    },
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    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "util-linux vulnerability",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5011"
  ]
}



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