Out-of-bounds Read Affecting e2fsprogs package, versions <1.46.6-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.07% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE315-E2FSPROGS-3339845
  • published 6 Mar 2023
  • disclosed 14 Apr 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.15 e2fsprogs to version 1.46.6-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream e2fsprogs package and not the e2fsprogs package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.15 relevant fixed versions and status.

An out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability was found in e2fsprogs 1.46.5. This issue leads to a segmentation fault and possibly arbitrary code execution via a specially crafted filesystem.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

7 high
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Red Hat

5.8 medium