vulnerability

Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-5188: Out-of-bounds Write

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
2020-01-08
Added
2020-02-07
Modified
2025-01-28

Description

A code execution vulnerability exists in the directory rehashing functionality of E2fsprogs e2fsck 1.45.4. A specially crafted ext4 directory can cause an out-of-bounds write on the stack, resulting in code execution. An attacker can corrupt a partition to trigger this vulnerability.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-e2fsprogs
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