openSUSE Security Update : e2fsprogs (openSUSE-2018-771)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 111423

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

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}.

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected e2fsprogs packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 111423

File Name: openSUSE-2018-771.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/30/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:e2fsprogs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:e2fsprogs-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:e2fsprogs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:e2fsprogs-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:e2fsprogs-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcom_err-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcom_err-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcom_err-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcom_err2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcom_err2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcom_err2-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcom_err2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libext2fs-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libext2fs-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libext2fs-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libext2fs2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libext2fs2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libext2fs2-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libext2fs2-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 7/28/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0247, CVE-2015-1572

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