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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4804

The read_boot function in boot.c in dosfstools before 4.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted filesystem, which trigge...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

The read_boot function in boot.c in dosfstools before 4.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted filesystem, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow in the (1) read_fat function or an out-of-bounds heap read in (2) get_fat function.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 dosfstools

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0-1"}]}]

Debian:13 dosfstools

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0-1"}]}]

Debian:14 dosfstools

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org