{"id":"USN-5478-1","summary":"util-linux vulnerability","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","modified":"2026-02-10T04:42:40Z","published":"2022-06-14T22:50:13Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5011"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-5011","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5011"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5478-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5011"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"util-linux","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/util-linux@2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2"}]}],"versions":["2.26.2-6ubuntu3","2.27-3ubuntu1","2.27.1-1ubuntu2","2.27.1-1ubuntu3","2.27.1-1ubuntu4","2.27.1-3ubuntu1","2.27.1-4ubuntu1","2.27.1-6ubuntu1","2.27.1-6ubuntu2","2.27.1-6ubuntu3","2.27.1-6ubuntu3.1","2.27.1-6ubuntu3.2","2.27.1-6ubuntu3.3","2.27.1-6ubuntu3.4","2.27.1-6ubuntu3.6","2.27.1-6ubuntu3.7","2.27.1-6ubuntu3.8","2.27.1-6ubuntu3.9","2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2","binary_name":"bsdutils"},{"binary_version":"2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2","binary_name":"libblkid-dev"},{"binary_version":"2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2","binary_name":"libblkid1"},{"binary_version":"2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2","binary_name":"libfdisk-dev"},{"binary_version":"2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2","binary_name":"libfdisk1"},{"binary_version":"2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2","binary_name":"libmount-dev"},{"binary_version":"2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2","binary_name":"libmount1"},{"binary_version":"2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2","binary_name":"libsmartcols-dev"},{"binary_version":"2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2","binary_name":"libsmartcols1"},{"binary_version":"2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2","binary_name":"libuuid1"},{"binary_version":"2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2","binary_name":"mount"},{"binary_version":"2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2","binary_name":"util-linux"},{"binary_version":"2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2","binary_name":"util-linux-locales"},{"binary_version":"2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2","binary_name":"uuid-dev"},{"binary_version":"2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2","binary_name":"uuid-runtime"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5478-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-5011","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}