USN-4142-1

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    USN-4142-1

    Published: 30 Sept 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: e2fsprogs vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that e2fsprogs incorrectly handled certain ext4 partitions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4142-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-5094

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: e2fsprogs

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.42.13-1ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    1.42.12-1ubuntu2
    1.42.13-1ubuntu1

    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
    USN-4142-1 | CVE-DB