e2fsprogs could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it processed a specially crafted filesystem image.

=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2507-1
February 23, 2015

e2fsprogs vulnerabilities
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

e2fsprogs could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator
if it processed a specially crafted filesystem image.

Software Description:
- e2fsprogs: ext2/ext3/ext4 file system utilities

Details:

Jose Duart discovered that e2fsprogs incorrectly handled invalid block
group descriptor data. A local attacker could use this issue with a
crafted filesystem image to possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2015-0247, CVE-2015-1572)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.10:
  e2fsprogs                       1.42.10-1.1ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  e2fsprogs                       1.42.9-3ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  e2fsprogs                       1.42-1ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  e2fsprogs                       1.41.11-1ubuntu2.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2507-1
  CVE-2015-0247, CVE-2015-1572

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/e2fsprogs/1.42.10-1.1ubuntu1.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/e2fsprogs/1.42.9-3ubuntu1.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/e2fsprogs/1.42-1ubuntu2.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/e2fsprogs/1.41.11-1ubuntu2.3