Bug 2051943 (CVE-2021-0308)
| Summary: | CVE-2021-0308 gdisk: possible out-of-bounds-write in ReadLogicalParts of basicmbr.cc | ||
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| Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | TEJ RATHI <trathi> |
| Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team> |
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | unspecified | CC: | hhorak, jburrell, nforro, terje.rosten |
| Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | EasyFix, Security |
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | If docs needed, set a value | |
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An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in gdisks' ReadLogicalParts() function of 'basicmbr.cc'. The exploitation of this flaw requires the use of a malicious storage device (for example, a USB Stick) that can cause a crash when physically inserted into the system and possible local privilege escalation. This flaw allows an attacker to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and data availability.
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Story Points: | --- |
| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2022-12-03 22:20:13 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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| Bug Depends On: | 2052364 | ||
| Bug Blocks: | 2051949 | ||
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Description
TEJ RATHI
2022-02-08 11:21:38 UTC
Marking openshift-hosted-osd4 notaffected as "Exploitation requires the use of a malicious storage device…" This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Via RHSA-2022:7700 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7700 This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s): https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-0308 |