e2fsprogs security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2008:0003

The e2fsprogs packages contain a number of utilities for creating,
checking, modifying, and correcting any inconsistencies in second and third
extended (ext2/ext3) file systems.

Multiple integer overflow flaws were found in the way e2fsprogs processes
file system content. If a victim opens a carefully crafted file system with
a program using e2fsprogs, it may be possible to execute arbitrary code
with the permissions of the victim. It may be possible to leverage this
flaw in a virtualized environment to gain access to other virtualized
hosts. (CVE-2007-5497)

Red Hat would like to thank Rafal Wojtczuk of McAfee Avert Research for
responsibly disclosing these issues.

Users of e2fsprogs are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to resolve these issues.

Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-January/076721.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-January/076722.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-January/076723.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-January/076725.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-January/076727.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-January/076728.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-January/076749.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-January/076750.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-January/076759.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-January/076760.html

Affected packages:
e2fsprogs
e2fsprogs-devel
e2fsprogs-libs

Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0003