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Debian DLA-2290-1 : e2fsprogs security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 138913

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

An issue has been found in e2fsprogs, a package that contains ext2/ext3/ext4 file system utilities. A specially crafted ext4 directory can cause an out-of-bounds write on the stack, resulting in code execution. An attacker can corrupt a partition to trigger this vulnerability.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.43.4-2+deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your e2fsprogs packages.

For the detailed security status of e2fsprogs please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/e2fsprogs

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00021.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/e2fsprogs

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/e2fsprogs

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 138913

File Name: debian_DLA-2290.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/27/2020

Updated: 2/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5188

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:e2fsprogs-udeb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcomerr2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:e2fsck-static, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:comerr-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:e2fslibs-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:fuse2fs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ss-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:e2fsprogs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:e2fslibs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libss2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/26/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-5188