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Re: CVE-2016-5011: util-linux: Extended partition loop in MBR partition table leads to DoS

From: Hanno Böck <hanno () hboeck de>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:51:57 +0200

On Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:11:43 +0200
Cedric Buissart <cbuissar () redhat com> wrote:

CVE-2016-5011: util-linux: Extended partition loop in MBR partition
table leads to DoS


Have you discovered this bug or do you know how it was discovered?

Was it found with fuzzing or code inspection?

I have done fuzzing on partitioning tools before, however I hadn't
found anything, this bug indicates I haven't looked enough :-)


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CVE-2016-5011: util-linux: Extended partition loop in MBR partition table leads to DoS Cedric Buissart (Jul 11)
- Re: CVE-2016-5011: util-linux: Extended partition loop in MBR partition table leads to DoS Hanno Böck (Jul 11)
  - Re: CVE-2016-5011: util-linux: Extended partition loop in MBR partition table leads to DoS Cedric Buissart (Jul 11)
    - Re: CVE-2016-5011: util-linux: Extended partition loop in MBR partition table leads to DoS Florian Weimer (Jul 11)
    - Re: CVE-2016-5011: util-linux: Extended partition loop in MBR partition table leads to DoS Cedric Buissart (Jul 12)