USN-555-1: e2fsprogs vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 7.10
• Ubuntu 7.04
• Ubuntu 6.10
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• e2fsprogs -

Details

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.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 7.10

• e2fslibs - 1.40.2-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 7.04

• e2fslibs - 1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 6.10

• e2fslibs - 1.39-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 6.06

• e2fslibs - 1.38-2ubuntu2.1

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

References

• CVE-2007-5497