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SUSE: CVE-2019-5094: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2019-5094: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/24/2019
Created
11/30/2019
Added
11/29/2019
Modified
10/22/2021

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)

  • suse-upgrade-e2fsprogs
  • suse-upgrade-e2fsprogs-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libcom_err-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libcom_err-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libcom_err-devel-static
  • suse-upgrade-libcom_err2
  • suse-upgrade-libcom_err2-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libext2fs-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libext2fs-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libext2fs-devel-static
  • suse-upgrade-libext2fs2
  • suse-upgrade-libext2fs2-32bit

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