Mageia 2020-0436: f2fs-tools security update

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the file system checking functionality of fsck.f2fs 1.12.0. A specially crafted f2fs file can cause a logic flaw and out-of-bounds heap operations, resulting in code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability (CVE-2020-6070).

MGASA-2020-0436 - Updated f2fs-tools packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 23 Nov 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0436.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2020-6070

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the file system checking
functionality of fsck.f2fs 1.12.0. A specially crafted f2fs file can cause a
logic flaw and out-of-bounds heap operations, resulting in code execution. An
attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability
(CVE-2020-6070).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27413
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./thread/3SZ4HMQKNI35NBWJI6XMJBGWPEKZRR72/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6070

SRPMS:
- 7/core/f2fs-tools-1.14.0-1.mga7