Bug 2051939 (CVE-2020-0256) - CVE-2020-0256 gdisk: possible out-of-bounds-write in LoadPartitionTable of gpt.cc
Summary: CVE-2020-0256 gdisk: possible out-of-bounds-write in LoadPartitionTable of gp...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2020-0256
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2052365
Blocks: 2051949
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Reported: 2022-02-08 11:06 UTC by TEJ RATHI
Modified: 2023-12-07 15:25 UTC (History)
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An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in gdisks' LoadPartitionTable() function of 'gpt.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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Last Closed: 2022-12-03 21:33:15 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:7700 0 None None None 2022-11-08 10:13:00 UTC

Description TEJ RATHI 2022-02-08 11:06:04 UTC 
The potential out of bounds write in LoadPartitionTable of gpt.cc due to missing bounds check in gdisk utility. Exploitation requires the use of a malicious storage (such as: USB) device that could cause a crash and possibly allows local privilege escalation.

References:
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165869/USN-5262-1
https://sourceforge.net/p/gptfdisk/code/ci/81c8bbee46ad6ebacf72eae70ba5147f376205a4/
Comment 1 juneau 2022-02-08 12:51:53 UTC 
Marking openshift-hosted-osd4 notaffected as "Exploitation requires the use of a malicious storage device…"
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-08 10:12:59 UTC 
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
Comment 5 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-12-03 21:33:13 UTC 
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-2020-0256
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