UBUNTU-CVE-2011-1577

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2011-1577

    Published: 3 May 2011Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2011-1577
    Aliases:
    USN-1170-1
    USN-1183-1
    USN-1187-1

    Summary:

    Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in the is_gpt_valid function in fs/partitions/efi.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.38 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted size of the EFI GUID partition-table header on removable media.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-1577, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1170-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1183-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1187-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1193-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1202-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1204-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1203-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1208-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1212-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1216-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1218-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1256-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1577

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.11.0-12.19

    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