SUSE Security Update: Security update for e2fsprogs
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2018:1987-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1009532 #1038194 #915402 #918346 #960273 
                    
Cross-References:   CVE-2015-0247 CVE-2015-1572
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15
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   An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has three
   fixes is now available.

Description:

   This update for e2fsprogs fixes the following issues:

   Security issues fixed:

   - CVE-2015-0247: Fixed couple of heap overflows in e2fsprogs (fsck,
     dumpe2fs, e2image...) (bsc#915402).
   - CVE-2015-1572: Fixed potential buffer overflow in closefs() (bsc#918346).

   Bug fixes:

   - bsc#1038194: generic/405 test fails with /dev/mapper/thin-vol is
     inconsistent on ext4 file system.
   - bsc#1009532: resize2fs hangs when trying to resize a large ext4 file
     system.
   - bsc#960273: xfsprogs does not call %{?regenerate_initrd_post}.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
   like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-1353=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      e2fsprogs-1.43.8-4.3.1
      e2fsprogs-debuginfo-1.43.8-4.3.1
      e2fsprogs-debugsource-1.43.8-4.3.1
      e2fsprogs-devel-1.43.8-4.3.1
      libcom_err-devel-1.43.8-4.3.1
      libcom_err-devel-static-1.43.8-4.3.1
      libcom_err2-1.43.8-4.3.1
      libcom_err2-debuginfo-1.43.8-4.3.1
      libext2fs-devel-1.43.8-4.3.1
      libext2fs-devel-static-1.43.8-4.3.1
      libext2fs2-1.43.8-4.3.1
      libext2fs2-debuginfo-1.43.8-4.3.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 (x86_64):

      e2fsprogs-32bit-debuginfo-1.43.8-4.3.1
      libcom_err2-32bit-1.43.8-4.3.1
      libcom_err2-32bit-debuginfo-1.43.8-4.3.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0247.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1572.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1009532
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1038194
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/915402
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/918346
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/960273