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Red Hat: CVE-2019-5094: CVE-2019-5094 e2fsprogs: Crafted ext4 partition leads to out-of-bounds write (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2019-5094: CVE-2019-5094 e2fsprogs: Crafted ext4 partition leads to out-of-bounds write (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/24/2019
Created
05/01/2020
Added
04/29/2020
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the quota file functionality of E2fsprogs 1.45.3. A specially crafted ext4 partition can cause an out-of-bounds write on the heap, resulting in code execution. An attacker can corrupt a partition to trigger this vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-e2fsprogs
  • redhat-upgrade-e2fsprogs-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-e2fsprogs-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-e2fsprogs-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-e2fsprogs-libs
  • redhat-upgrade-e2fsprogs-libs-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-e2fsprogs-static
  • redhat-upgrade-libcom_err
  • redhat-upgrade-libcom_err-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-libcom_err-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-libss
  • redhat-upgrade-libss-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-libss-devel

References

  • DSA-4535
  • CVE-2019-5094
  • RHSA-2020:1913
  • RHSA-2020:4011

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