• e2fsprogs vulnerability

    From bugz_ubuntu@21:4/110 to Ubuntu Users on Thu Jan 23 21:10:02 2020
    e2fsprogs vulnerability

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

    * Ubuntu 19.10
    * Ubuntu 19.04
    * Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
    * Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
    * Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

    Summary

    e2fsprogs could be made to execute arbitrary code if it was
    running in a crafted ext4 partition.

    Software Description

    * e2fsprogs - ext2/ext3/ext4 file system utilities

    Details

    It was discovered that e2fsprogs incorrectly handled certain ext4
    partitions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
    arbitrary code.

    Update instructions

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

    Ubuntu 19.10
    e2fsprogs - 1.45.3-4ubuntu2.1

    Ubuntu 19.04
    e2fsprogs - 1.44.6-1ubuntu0.2

    Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    e2fsprogs - 1.44.1-1ubuntu1.3

    Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
    e2fsprogs - 1.42.13-1ubuntu1.2

    Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
    e2fsprogs - 1.42.9-3ubuntu1.3+esm2

    Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
    e2fsprogs - 1.42-1ubuntu2.5

    To update your system, please follow these instructions:
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

    References

    * CVE-2019-5188

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    * Origin: BZ&BZ BBS (21:4/110)