SUSE-SU-2015:0270-1

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    SUSE-SU-2015:0270-1

    Published: 10 Feb 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-9114
    Aliases:
    CVE-2014-9114

    Summary: Security update for util-linux

    Details: util-linux was updated to fix one security issue. This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2014-9114: Using crafted block devices (e.g. USB sticks) it was possibly to inject code via libblkid. libblkid was fixed to care about unsafe chars and possible buffer overflow in cache (bnc#907434) This non-security issue was fixed: - libblkid: Reset errno in blkid_probe_get_buffer() to prevent failing probes (e. g. for exFAT) (bnc#908742).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20150270-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/907434, https://bugzilla.suse.com/908742, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9114

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-libmount

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/python-libmount&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.25-10.3

    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
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