USN-5464-1: e2fsprogs vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 21.10
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• e2fsprogs - ext2/ext3/ext4 file system utilities

Details

Nils Bars discovered that e2fsprogs incorrectly handled certain file
systems. A local attacker could use this issue with a crafted file
system image to possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04

• e2fsprogs - 1.46.5-2ubuntu1.1
• e2fsck-static - 1.46.5-2ubuntu1.1
• fuse2fs - 1.46.5-2ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 21.10

• e2fsprogs - 1.46.3-1ubuntu3.1
• e2fsck-static - 1.46.3-1ubuntu3.1
• fuse2fs - 1.46.3-1ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• e2fsprogs - 1.45.5-2ubuntu1.1
• e2fsck-static - 1.45.5-2ubuntu1.1
• fuse2fs - 1.45.5-2ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• e2fsprogs - 1.44.1-1ubuntu1.4
• e2fsck-static - 1.44.1-1ubuntu1.4
• fuse2fs - 1.44.1-1ubuntu1.4

Ubuntu 16.04

• e2fsprogs - 1.42.13-1ubuntu1.2+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• e2fslibs - 1.42.13-1ubuntu1.2+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04

• e2fsprogs - 1.42.9-3ubuntu1.3+esm3
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• e2fsck-static - 1.42.9-3ubuntu1.3+esm3
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2022-1304