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authorV3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org>2021-05-31 20:59:14 +0100
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="202105-03">
+ <title>GPT fdisk: Integer underflow</title>
+ <synopsis>An integer underflow in sgdisk from GPT fdisk package might allow
+ local attacker(s) to escalate privileges.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">gptfdisk</product>
+ <announced>2021-05-26</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2021-05-26</revised>
+ <bug>768762</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="sys-apps/gptfdisk" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.0.6</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.6</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>GPT fdisk (consisting of the gdisk, cgdisk, sgdisk, and fixparts
+ programs) is a set of text-mode partitioning tools for Linux, FreeBSD,
+ Mac OS X, and Windows.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>It was discovered that ReadLogicalParts() function in basicmbr.cc was
+ missing a bounds check.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A local attacker could entice a user to insert a malicious formatted
+ block device (USB stick or SD card for example), that, when processed
+ with sgdisk, possibly resulting in local escalation of privileges or a
+ Denial of Service condition.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All GPT fdisk users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-apps/gptfdisk-1.0.6"
+ </code>
+
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-0308">CVE-2021-0308</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2021-05-25T22:34:12Z">whissi</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2021-05-26T07:45:07Z">whissi</metadata>
+</glsa>