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USN-2986-1: dosfstools vulnerabilities

USN-2986-1: dosfstools vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2986-1

31st May, 2016

dosfstools vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

Summary

dosfstools could be made to crash or run programs if it processed a
specially crafted filesystem.

Software description

Details

Hanno Böck 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.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
dosfstools

3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 15.10:
dosfstools

3.0.28-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
dosfstools

3.0.26-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
dosfstools

3.0.12-1ubuntu1.3

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2015-8872,

CVE-2016-4804

Source: USN-2986-1: dosfstools vulnerabilities

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