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FreeBSD Ports: e2fsprogs
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
FreeBSD Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
7 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following package is affected: e2fsprogs CVE-2007-5497 Multiple integer overflows in libext2fs in e2fsprogs before 1.40.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted filesystem image.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://secunia.com/advisories/27889/ http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=2406&release_id=560230 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/299e3f81-aee7-11dc-b781-0016179b2dd5.html