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GLSA-201507-22 : e2fsprogs: Arbitrary code execution

medium Nessus Plugin ID 84974

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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-201507-22 (e2fsprogs: Arbitrary code execution)

 e2fsprogs has a heap-based buffer overflow in closefs.c in the libext2fs library.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted block group descriptor.
 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-1.42.13'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-22

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 84974

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201507-22.nasl

Version: 2.2

Type: local

Published: 7/24/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 4

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1572

BID: 72709

GLSA: 201507-22