openSUSE 10 Security Update : e2fsprogs (e2fsprogs-4739)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 29243

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of e2fsprogs fixes several integer overflows in memory allocating code. Programs that use libext2fs are therefore vulnerable to memory corruptions that can lead to arbitrary code execution while loading a specially crafted image. (CVE-2007-5497)

Solution

Update the affected e2fsprogs packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 29243

File Name: suse_e2fsprogs-4739.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/7/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libext2fs2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libuuid1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libext2fs-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcom_err-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libblkid1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libuuid-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:e2fsprogs-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcom_err2-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libblkid-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcom_err-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:e2fsprogs-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:e2fsprogs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcom_err, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcom_err2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libuuid1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:e2fsprogs-32bit

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 11/23/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5497

CWE: 189

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