Upstream information
Description
A flaw was found in parted. A heap-based buffer overflow exists in libparted's file system resizing logic when handling FAT16 volumes. By convincing a user or administrator to resize a specially crafted FAT16 file system image with malformed directory metadata, an attacker can trigger an oversized read into a fixed-size memory buffer. This issue causes memory corruption, resulting in an application crash and a denial of service (DoS).SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| CVSS detail | CNA (Red Hat) | SUSE |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 5.5 | 7.1 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low |
| Privileges Required | None | None |
| User Interaction | Required | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | None | None |
| Integrity Impact | None | High |
| Availability Impact | High | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 | 3.1 |
List of packages in QA
| Product(s) | Package(s) |
|---|---|
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 |
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 |
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Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.2 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for NVIDIA 16.1 | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.2 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 | parted | In progress |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | parted | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 16.1 | parted | Affected |
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | parted | Affected |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | parted | In progress |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | parted | In progress |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | parted | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 | parted | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | parted | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | parted | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | parted | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | parted | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 | parted | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 | parted | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 | parted | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 | parted | Affected |
| Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle. | ||
| SLES-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | parted | Affected |
| SLES-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | parted | Affected |
| SLES-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | parted | Affected |
| SLES-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | parted | Affected |
| SLES-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | parted | Affected |
| SLES-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | parted | Affected |
| SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Proxy-BYOS-Azure | parted | Affected |
| SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Proxy-BYOS-GCE | parted | Affected |
| SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-EC2-llc | parted | Affected |
| SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-EC2-ltd | parted | Affected |
| Container Status | ||
| kiwi-templates-Minimal kiwi-templates-Minimal-Cloud-sap kiwi-templates-Minimal-MS-HyperV-sap kiwi-templates-Minimal-VMware-sap kiwi-templates-Minimal-kvm-and-xen-sap rancher/elemental-builder-image/5.3 rancher/elemental-teal-rt/5.3 rancher/elemental-teal-rt/5.4 rancher/elemental-teal/5.3 rancher/elemental-teal/5.4 rancher/seedimage-builder ses/6/cephcsi/cephcsi ses/6/rook/ceph ses/7.1/cephcsi/cephcsi ses/7.1/rook/ceph ses/7/ceph/ceph ses/7/cephcsi/cephcsi ses/7/rook/ceph suse/sl-micro/6.1/baremetal-os-container suse/sl-micro/6.1/base-os-container suse/sl-micro/6.1/kvm-os-container suse/sl-micro/6.1/rt-os-container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.2 suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3 suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4 suse/sle-micro/5.5 suse/sle-micro/base-5.5 suse/sle-micro/kvm-5.5 suse/sle-micro/rt-5.5 suse/sles/15.2/virt-launcher:0.38.1 suse/sles/15.3/libguestfs-tools:0.45.0 suse/sles/15.3/virt-launcher:0.45.0 suse/sles/15.4/libguestfs-tools:0.49.0 suse/sles/15.4/virt-launcher:0.49.0 suse/sles/15.5/libguestfs-tools:0.58.0 suse/sles/15.6/libguestfs-tools:1.1.1 suse/sles/15.7/libguestfs-tools:1.5.0 suse/sles/16.1/containerdisk-minimal | parted | Affected |
| suse/sles-16.1-kubevirt-minimal | parted | In progress |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Mon Oct 19 21:50:29 2026CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 23 21:49:14 2026