DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6596

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6596

    Published: 10 Mar 2017Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-6596

    Summary:

    Details: partclone.chkimg in partclone 0.2.89 is prone to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient validation of the partclone image header. An attacker may be able to launch a 'Denial of Service attack' in the context of the user running the affected application.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6596

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: partclone

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/partclone?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.2.89-3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High