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Gentoo: GLSA-202402-15 High: e2fsprogs Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey February 18, 2024
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An urgent Gentoo notice regarding the e2fsprogs flaw that may allow unauthorized code execution. Immediate update recommended!
A vulnerability has been discovered in e2fsprogs which can lead to arbitrary code execution.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in e2fsprogs. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo arbitrary code execution e2fsprogs system utilities

Resolution

All e2fsprogs users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.46.6"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2022-1304 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1304

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-15
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: e2fsprogs: Arbitrary Code Execution
Date: February 18, 2024
Bugs: #838388
ID: 202402-15

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in e2fsprogs which can lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

e2fsprogs is a set of utilities for maintaining the ext2, ext3 and ext4 file systems.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ---------------- ------------ ------------ sys-fs/e2fsprogs < 1.46.6 >= 1.46.6

Impact

An out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability was found in e2fsprogs. This issue leads to a segmentation fault and possibly arbitrary code execution via a specially crafted filesystem.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.