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<glsa id="202003-05">
  <title>e2fsprogs: Arbitrary code execution</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in e2fsprogs might allow an attacker to execute
    arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">e2fsprogs</product>
  <announced>2020-03-13</announced>
  <revised count="1">2020-03-13</revised>
  <bug>695522</bug>
  <access>local, remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="sys-fs/e2fsprogs" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.45.4</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.45.4</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>e2fsprogs is a set of utilities for maintaining the ext2, ext3 and ext4
      file systems.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>It was discovered that e2fsprogs incorrectly handled certain ext4
      partitions.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted
      corrupted file system using e2fsck, possibly resulting in execution of
      arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service
      condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All e2fsprogs users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.45.4"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5094">CVE-2019-5094</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2019-10-29T10:09:38Z">ackle</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-03-13T01:50:25Z">whissi</metadata>
</glsa>
