Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : e2fsprogs (MDKSA-2007:242)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 29299

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Rafal Wojtczuk of McAfee AVERT Research found that e2fsprogs contained multiple integer overflows in memory allocations, based on sizes taken directly from filesystem information. These flaws could result in heap-based overflows potentially allowing for the execution of arbitrary code.

The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 29299

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2007-242.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 12/11/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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: cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:e2fsprogs, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libext2fs2-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ext2fs-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libext2fs2, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libext2fs-devel, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ext2fs2, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ext2fs2-devel

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/10/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5497

CWE: 189

MDKSA: 2007:242

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