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GLSA-200712-13 : E2fsprogs: Multiple buffer overflows

medium Nessus Plugin ID 29733

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200712-13 (E2fsprogs: Multiple buffer overflows)

 Rafal Wojtczuk (McAfee AVERT Research) discovered multiple integer overflows in libext2fs, that are triggered when processing information from within the file system, resulting in heap-based buffer overflows.
 Impact :

 An attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted ext2 or ext3 file system image (with tools linking against libext2fs, e.g.
 fsck, forensic tools or Xen's pygrub), possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All E2fsprogs users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.40.3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200712-13

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 29733

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200712-13.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 12/19/2007

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5497

CWE: 189

GLSA: 200712-13