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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : e2fsprogs vulnerability (USN-4142-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 129488

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

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

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4142-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 129488

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4142-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/1/2019

Updated: 10/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5094

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:e2fsprogs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:e2fsprogs-l10n, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:e2fsprogs-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:fuse2fs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcom-err2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcomerr2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libext2fs-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libext2fs2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libss2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ss-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:comerr-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:e2fsck-static, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:e2fslibs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:e2fslibs-dev

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-5094

USN: 4142-1