Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : dosfstools vulnerabilities (USN-2986-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 91422

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Hanno Bock discovered that dosfstools incorrectly handled certain malformed filesystems. A local attacker could use this issue to cause dosfstools to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Solution

Update the affected dosfstools and / or dosfstools-udeb packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2986-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 91422

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2986-1.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/1/2016

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-4804

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dosfstools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dosfstools-udeb, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/31/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8872, CVE-2016-4804

USN: 2986-1