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DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5188

A code execution vulnerability exists in the directory rehashing functionality of E2fsprogs e2fsck 1.45.4. A specially crafted ext4 directory can caus...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

A code execution vulnerability exists in the directory rehashing functionality of E2fsprogs e2fsck 1.45.4. A specially crafted ext4 directory can cause an out-of-bounds write on the stack, resulting in code execution. An attacker can corrupt a partition to trigger this vulnerability.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 e2fsprogs

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.45.5-1"}]}]

Debian:13 e2fsprogs

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.45.5-1"}]}]

Debian:14 e2fsprogs

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.45.5-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org