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GLSA-202402-15 : e2fsprogs: Arbitrary Code Execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 190667

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202402-15 (e2fsprogs: Arbitrary Code Execution)

 - An out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability was found in e2fsprogs 1.46.5. This issue leads to a segmentation fault and possibly arbitrary code execution via a specially crafted filesystem.
 (CVE-2022-1304)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

All e2fsprogs users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.46.6

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-15

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=838388

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 190667

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202402-15.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 2/18/2024

Updated: 2/18/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1304

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:e2fsprogs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1304