Ubuntu Security Notice USN-555-1
7th December, 2007
e2fsprogs vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 7.10
- Ubuntu 7.04
- Ubuntu 6.10
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Software description
- 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 version:
- 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 LTS:
- e2fslibs 1.38-2ubuntu2.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.