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gentooGentoo FoundationGLSA-202402-15
HistoryFeb 18, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

e2fsprogs: Arbitrary Code Execution

2024-02-1800:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
5
e2fsprogs
arbitrary code execution
out-of-bounds read/write
segmentation fault
filesystem crafted
security vulnerabilities
resolution
maintenance
ext2
ext3
ext4.

8.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

28.1%

Background

e2fsprogs is a set of utilities for maintaining the ext2, ext3 and ext4 file systems.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in e2fsprogs. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

An out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability was found in e2fsprogs. This issue leads to a segmentation fault and possibly arbitrary code execution via a specially crafted filesystem.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All e2fsprogs users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.46.6"
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyallsys-fs/e2fsprogs< 1.46.6UNKNOWN