Out-of-bounds Write Affecting e2fsprogs package, versions <1.44.5-r1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.08% (35th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE39-E2FSPROGS-496794
- published 24 Sep 2019
- disclosed 24 Sep 2019
Introduced: 24 Sep 2019
CVE-2019-5094 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.9
e2fsprogs
to version 1.44.5-r1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream e2fsprogs
package and not the e2fsprogs
package as distributed by Alpine
.
See How to fix?
for Alpine:3.9
relevant fixed versions and status.
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the quota file functionality of E2fsprogs 1.45.3. A specially crafted ext4 partition can cause an out-of-bounds write on the heap, resulting in code execution. An attacker can corrupt a partition to trigger this vulnerability.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-5094
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/58
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200115-0002/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4535
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00029.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-5094
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2AKETJ6BREDUHRWQTV35SPGG5C6H7KSI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DOBCYQKCTTWXBLMUPJ5TX3FY7JNCOKY/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-05
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0887
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4142-1/
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-5094
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4142-2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2AKETJ6BREDUHRWQTV35SPGG5C6H7KSI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DOBCYQKCTTWXBLMUPJ5TX3FY7JNCOKY/