Out-of-bounds Write Affecting e2fsprogs package, versions <1.42.9-3ubuntu1.3+esm1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-E2FSPROGS-469081
- 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 Ubuntu:14.04
e2fsprogs
to version 1.42.9-3ubuntu1.3+esm1 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 Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:14.04
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
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-5094
- 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/
- 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/