GLSA 202402-15: e2fsprogs: Arbitrary Code Execution

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Severity:	high
Title:	e2fsprogs: Arbitrary Code Execution
Date:	02/18/2024
Bugs:	#838388
ID:	202402-15

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in e2fsprogs which can lead to arbitrary code execution.

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	< 1.46.6	>= 1.46.6	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in e2fsprogs. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

An out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability was found in e2fsprogs. This issue leads to a segmentation fault and possibly arbitrary code execution via a specially crafted filesystem.

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-1.46.6"

References

CVE-2022-1304

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202402-15.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.