USN-2507-1: e2fsprogs vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 14.10
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04
• Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

• 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

• e2fsprogs - 1.42.9-3ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 12.04

• e2fsprogs - 1.42-1ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 10.04

• e2fsprogs - 1.41.11-1ubuntu2.3

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

References

• CVE-2015-0247
• CVE-2015-1572