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CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : e2fsprogs (CESA-2008:0003)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 29901
Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated e2fsprogs packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
The e2fsprogs packages contain a number of utilities for creating, checking, modifying, and correcting any inconsistencies in second and third extended (ext2/ext3) file systems.
Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in the way e2fsprogs processes file system content. If a victim opens a carefully crafted file system with a program using e2fsprogs, it may be possible to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the victim. It may be possible to leverage this flaw in a virtualized environment to gain access to other virtualized hosts. (CVE-2007-5497)
Red Hat would like to thank Rafal Wojtczuk of McAfee Avert Research for responsibly disclosing these issues.
Users of e2fsprogs are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve these issues.
Solution
Update the affected e2fsprogs packages.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?1459a36c
http://www.nessus.org/u?bd1787a1
http://www.nessus.org/u?287524a0
http://www.nessus.org/u?7d4e1be8
http://www.nessus.org/u?3e3175e4
http://www.nessus.org/u?66fcedd5
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 29901
File Name: centos_RHSA-2008-0003.nasl
Version: 1.18
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 1/10/2008
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:e2fsprogs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:e2fsprogs-libs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:e2fsprogs-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-5497
BID: 26772