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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: USN-5262-1 Critical: gdisk Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey February 3, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu 5262-1 addresses gdisk security flaws that could lead to local privilege elevation and system failures from malicious storage hardware.
The sgdisk utility of GPT fdisk could be made to crash or possibly allow for elevated privileges.

Summary

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: gdisk 1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5262-1

CVE-2020-0256, CVE-2021-0308

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February 03, 2022

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