USN-5262-1: GPT fdisk vulnerabilities
Publication date
3 February 2022
Overview
The sgdisk utility of GPT fdisk could be made to crash or possibly allow for elevated privileges.
Releases
Packages
- gdisk - GPT fdisk text-mode partitioning tool
Details
The potential for an out of bounds write due to a missing bounds
check was discovered to impact the sgdisk utility of GPT fdisk.
Exploitation requires the use of a maliciously formatted storage
device and could cause sgdisk to crash as well as possibly
allow for local privilege escalation.
The potential for an out of bounds write due to a missing bounds
check was discovered to impact the sgdisk utility of GPT fdisk.
Exploitation requires the use of a maliciously formatted storage
device and could cause sgdisk to crash as well as possibly
allow for local privilege escalation.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
---|---|---|---|
16.04 xenial | gdisk – 1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 |
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