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e2fsprogs libext2fs Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA27889
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Release Date:
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2007-12-06
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Last Update:
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2007-12-19
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Popularity:
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6,945 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | e2fsprogs 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-5497
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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in the libext2fs library of e2fsprogs, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the library.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to integer overflows, which potentially can be exploited to execute arbitrary code by e.g. tricking a user into processing a specially crafted file system with an application using libext2fs.
Solution:
Update to version 1.40.3.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfi...package_id=2374&release_id=560230
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits McAfee AVERT Research group.
Changelog:
2007-12-10: Updated "Solution" and "Original Advisory" sections.
2007-12-19: Updated "Provided and/or discovered by" section.
Original Advisory:
SUSE:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00002.html
e2fsprogs:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=560230&group_id=2406
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