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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2549-1 gdisk -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

11 Feb 2021

Affected Packages:

gdisk

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-0256, CVE-2021-0308.

More information:

• CVE-2020-0256

  In LoadPartitionTable of gpt.cc, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed.

• CVE-2021-0308

  In ReadLogicalParts of basicmbr.cc, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.1-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your gdisk packages.

For the detailed security status of gdisk please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/gdisk

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