openSUSE Security Update : dosfstools (openSUSE-2016-671)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 91439

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for dosfstools fixes the following issues :

- fixed buffer overflows based on insufficient size of variable for storing FAT size (CVE-2016-4804, boo#980377)

- dosfstools-3.0.26-read-fat-overflow.patch

- fixed memory corruption when setting FAT12 entries (CVE-2015-8872, boo#980364)

- dosfstools-3.0.26-off-by-2.patch

- Fix attempt to rename root dir in fsck due to uninitialized fields [boo#912607]

- Drop gpg-offline build-time requirement; this is now handled by the local source validator

Solution

Update the affected dosfstools packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 91439

File Name: openSUSE-2016-671.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/2/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dosfstools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dosfstools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dosfstools-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2016

Reference Information

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

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