Out-of-bounds Write Affecting tytso/e2fsprogs package, versions [1.43.3,1.45.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TYTSOE2FSPROGS-2372023
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed24 Sept 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Sep 2019

CVE-2019-5094  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade tytso/e2fsprogs to version 1.45.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the quota file functionality of E2fsprogs 1.45.3. A specially crafted ext4 partition can cause an out-of-bounds write on the heap, resulting in code execution. An attacker can corrupt a partition to trigger this vulnerability.

CVSS Scores

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