GLSA 201507-22: e2fsprogs: Arbitrary code execution
Severity: | normal |
Title: | e2fsprogs: Arbitrary code execution |
Date: | 07/23/2015 |
Bugs: |
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ID: | 201507-22 |
Synopsis
A heap-based buffer overflow in e2fsprogs could result in execution of arbitrary code.Background
e2fsprogs is a set of utilities for maintaining the ext2, ext3 and ext4 file systems.
Affected packages
Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
---|---|---|---|
sys-fs/e2fsprogs | < 1.42.13 | >= 1.42.13 | All supported architectures |
Description
e2fsprogs has a heap-based buffer overflow in closefs.c in the libext2fs library.
Impact
A local attacker could execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted block group descriptor.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All e2fsprogs users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.42.13"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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