Security Vulnerabilities fixed in gdisk RHSA-2022:7700

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The gdisk packages provide the gdisk partitioning utility for GUID Partition Table (GPT) disks. The utility features a command-line interface similar to fdisk, direct manipulation of partition table structures, recovery tools to deal with corrupt partition tables, and the ability to convert Master Boot Record (MBR) disks to the GPT format. Security Fix(es): gdisk: possible out-of-bounds-write in LoadPartitionTable of gpt.cc (CVE-2020-0256) gdisk: possible out-of-bounds-write in ReadLogicalParts of basicmbr.cc (CVE-2021-0308) gdisk: possible out-of-bounds-write in LoadPartitionTable of gpt.cc (CVE-2020-0256) gdisk: possible out-of-bounds-write in ReadLogicalParts of basicmbr.cc (CVE-2021-0308) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7 Release Notes linked from the References section. SolutionFor details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

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gdisk

CVE References

CVE-2020-0256 CVE-2021-0308