CVE-2015-0247

Publication date 17 February 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Heap-based buffer overflow in openfs.c in the libext2fs library in e2fsprogs before 1.42.12 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted block group descriptor data in a filesystem image.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
e2fsprogs	14.10 utopic	Fixed 1.42.10-1.1ubuntu1.2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.42.9-3ubuntu1.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1.42-1ubuntu2.2
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 1.41.11-1ubuntu2.3

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Patch details

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
e2fsprogs	Upstream: ?id=f66

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2507-1
e2fsprogs vulnerabilities
23 February 2015

Other references

http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-002.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0247