SUSE-SU-2018:1987-1

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    SUSE-SU-2018:1987-1

    Published: 19 Jul 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for e2fsprogs

    Details: This update for e2fsprogs fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2015-0247: Fixed couple of heap overflows in e2fsprogs (fsck, dumpe2fs, e2image...) (bsc#915402). - CVE-2015-1572: Fixed potential buffer overflow in closefs() (bsc#918346). Bug fixes: - bsc#1038194: generic/405 test fails with /dev/mapper/thin-vol is inconsistent on ext4 file system. - bsc#1009532: resize2fs hangs when trying to resize a large ext4 file system. - bsc#960273: xfsprogs does not call %{?regenerate_initrd_post}.

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20181987-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1009532, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1038194, https://bugzilla.suse.com/915402, https://bugzilla.suse.com/918346, https://bugzilla.suse.com/960273, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0247, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1572

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: e2fsprogs

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/e2fsprogs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.43.8-4.3.1

    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