MGASA-2019-0296 - Updated e2fsprogs packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 16 Oct 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0296.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-5094

Updated e2fsprogs packages fix security vulnerability:

Lilith of Cisco Talos discovered a buffer overflow flaw in the quota code
used by e2fsck from the ext2/ext3/ext4 file system utilities. Running
e2fsck on a malformed file system can result in the execution of arbitrary
code (CVE-2019-5094).

The e2fsprogs package has been updated to version 1.45.4, fixing this issue
and other bugs. See the upstream release notes for details.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25562
- https://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/e2fsprogs-release.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4535
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-5094

SRPMS:
- 7/core/e2fsprogs-1.45.4-1.mga7

Mageia 2019-0296: e2fsprogs security update

Updated e2fsprogs packages fix security vulnerability: Lilith of Cisco Talos discovered a buffer overflow flaw in the quota code used by e2fsck from the ext2/ext3/ext4 file system...

Summary

Updated e2fsprogs packages fix security vulnerability:
Lilith of Cisco Talos discovered a buffer overflow flaw in the quota code used by e2fsck from the ext2/ext3/ext4 file system utilities. Running e2fsck on a malformed file system can result in the execution of arbitrary code (CVE-2019-5094).
The e2fsprogs package has been updated to version 1.45.4, fixing this issue and other bugs. See the upstream release notes for details.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25562

- https://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/e2fsprogs-release.html

- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4535

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-5094

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0296 - Updated e2fsprogs packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/e2fsprogs-1.45.4-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 16 Oct 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0296.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-5094

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