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[USN-555-1] e2fsprogs vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-555-1          December 08, 2007
e2fsprogs vulnerability
CVE-2007-5497
Kwetsbare Ubuntu versies:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu 6.10
Ubuntu 7.04
Ubuntu 7.10

Kwetsbare pakketten:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
e2fslibs 1.38-2ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 6.10
e2fslibs 1.39-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 7.10
e2fslibs 1.40.2-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 7.04
e2fslibs 1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Rafal Wojtczuk discovered multiple integer overflows in e2fsprogs. If a user or automated system were tricked into fscking a malicious ext2/ext3 filesystem, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.

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