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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3166-1 (e2fsprogs - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Jose Duart of the Google Security Team discovered a buffer overflow in e2fsprogs, a set of utilities for the ext2, ext3, and ext4 file systems. This issue can possibly lead to arbitrary code execution if a malicious device is plugged in, the system is configured to automatically mount it, and the mounting process chooses to run fsck on the device's malicious filesystem. CVE-2015-0247 Buffer overflow in the ext2/ext3/ext4 file system open/close routines. CVE-2015-1572Incomplete fix for CVE-2015-0247 .
Affected Software
Affected Software
e2fsprogs on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.42.5-1.1+deb7u1. For the upcoming stable (jessie) and unstable (sid) distributions, these problems will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your e2fsprogs packages.