{"id":"SUSE-SU-2016:2145-1","summary":"Security update for dosfstools","details":"dosfstools was updated to fix two security issues.\n\nThese security issues were fixed:\n- CVE-2015-8872: The set_fat function in fat.c in dosfstools might have allowed attackers to corrupt a FAT12 filesystem or cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and crash) by writing an odd number of clusters to the third to last entry on a FAT12 filesystem, which triggers an 'off-by-two error (bsc#980364).\n- CVE-2016-4804: The read_boot function in boot.c in dosfstools allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted filesystem, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow in the (1) read_fat function or an out-of-bounds heap read in (2) get_fat function (bsc#980377).\n\nThis non-security issue was fixed:\n- bsc#912607: Attempt to rename root dir in fsck due to uninitialized fields.\n  ","modified":"2026-02-04T04:02:06.220751Z","published":"2016-08-24T11:55:45Z","related":["CVE-2015-8872","CVE-2016-4804"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-8872","CVE-2016-4804"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162145-1/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/912607"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/980364"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/980377"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8872"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4804"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dosfstools","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/dosfstools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0.26-6.5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"dosfstools":"3.0.26-6.5"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:2145-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"dosfstools","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/dosfstools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0.26-6.5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"dosfstools":"3.0.26-6.5"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:2145-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"dosfstools","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/dosfstools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0.26-6.5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"dosfstools":"3.0.26-6.5"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:2145-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}