Debian Security Advisory
DLA-2224-1 dosfstools -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 30 May 2020
- Affected Packages:
- dosfstools
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2015-8872, CVE-2016-4804.
- More information:
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It was discovered that there was both an invalid memory and heap overflow vulnerability in dosfstools, a collection of utilities for making and checking MS-DOS FAT filesystems.
For Debian 8
Jessie
, these problems have been fixed in version 3.0.27-1+deb8u1.We recommend that you upgrade your dosfstools packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS