Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842776
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2986-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'dosfstools' package(s) announced via the USN-2986-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'dosfstools' package(s) announced via the USN-2986-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Hanno Bock discovered that dosfstools incorrectly handled certain malformed filesystems. A local attacker could use this issue to cause dosfstools to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Affected Software/OS: 'dosfstools' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 16.04. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 2.1 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-8872 BugTraq ID: 90311 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90311 https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/44-dosfstools-fsck.vfat-Several-invalid-memory-accesses.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00028.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1461 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00001.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:2233 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00014.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2986-1 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-4804
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG

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