MGASA-2015-0088

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    MGASA-2015-0088

    Published: 26 Feb 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-1572

    Summary: Updated e2fsprogs packages fix CVE-2015-1572

    Details: Updated e2fsprogs packages fix security vulnerability: The libext2fs library, part of e2fsprogs and utilized by its utilities, is affected by a boundary check error on block group descriptor information, leading to a heap based buffer overflow. A specially crafted filesystem image can be used to trigger the vulnerability. This is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-0247 (CVE-2015-1572).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0088.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15352, http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0061.html, https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3166

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: e2fsprogs

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/e2fsprogs?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.42.9-2.2.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High