{"id":"MGASA-2016-0256","summary":"Updated util-linux packages fix security vulnerability","details":"The util-linux libblkid is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack during\nMSDOS partition table parsing, in the extended partition boot record\n(EBR). If the next EBR starts at relative offset 0, parse_dos_extended()\nwill loop until running out of memory. An attacker could install a\nspecially crafted MSDOS partition table in a storage device and trick a\nuser into using it. This library is used, among others, by systemd-udevd\ndaemon (CVE-2016-5011).\n","modified":"2026-02-02T16:36:01.109644Z","published":"2016-07-14T20:33:59Z","related":["CVE-2016-5011"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0256.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18922"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/11/2"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"util-linux","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/util-linux?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.25.2-3.4.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0256.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}