Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-067 - The libext2fs library, part of e2fsprogs and utilized by its utilities, is affected by a boundary check error on block group descriptor information, leading to a heap based buffer overflow. A specially crafted filesystem image can be used to trigger the vulnerability. The libext2fs library, part of e2fsprogs and utilized by its utilities, is affected by a boundary check error on block group descriptor information, leading to a heap based buffer overflow. A specially crafted filesystem image can be used to trigger the vulnerability. This is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-0247.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2015:067
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : e2fsprogs
Date : March 27, 2015
Affected: Business Server 2.0
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Problem Description:
Updated e2fsprogs packages fix security vulnerabilities:
The libext2fs library, part of e2fsprogs and utilized by its utilities,
is affected by a boundary check error on block group descriptor
information, leading to a heap based buffer overflow. A specially
crafted filesystem image can be used to trigger the vulnerability
(CVE-2015-0247).
The libext2fs library, part of e2fsprogs and utilized by its utilities,
is affected by a boundary check error on block group descriptor
information, leading to a heap based buffer overflow. A specially
crafted filesystem image can be used to trigger the vulnerability. This
is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-0247 (CVE-2015-1572).
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0247
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1572
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0061.html
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0088.html
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Business Server 2/X86_64:
eec47532aa44fb2fd82e0c9abf87df90 mbs2/x86_64/e2fsprogs-1.42.9-3.1.mbs2.x86_64.rpm
2d52b27b48dc6759e207ab2a9677b184 mbs2/x86_64/lib64ext2fs2-1.42.9-3.1.mbs2.x86_64.rpm
ee0ae965aee3e8deef7012e6efd212e9 mbs2/x86_64/lib64ext2fs-devel-1.42.9-3.1.mbs2.x86_64.rpm
937e2c54a6b068568850fa6ec81e8e39 mbs2/SRPMS/e2fsprogs-1.42.9-3.1.mbs2.src.rpm
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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