CVE-2019-5188

HIGH7.5

A code execution vulnerability exists in the directory rehashing functionality of E2fsprogs e2fsck 1

Published Jan 8, 2020

Modified 9 months ago

Details

A code execution vulnerability exists in the directory rehashing functionality of E2fsprogs e2fsck 1.45.4. A specially crafted ext4 directory can cause an out-of-bounds write on the stack, resulting in code execution. An attacker can corrupt a partition to trigger this vulnerability.

References

ADVISORY

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00004.html

WEB

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00030.html

WEB

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00021.html

ADVISORY

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2AKETJ6BREDUHRWQTV35SPGG5C6H7KSI/

ADVISORY

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DOBCYQKCTTWXBLMUPJ5TX3FY7JNCOKY/

WEB