CVE-2015-0247

Summary

CVECVE-2015-0247
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-02-17 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-09 19:55:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in openfs.c in the libext2fs library in e2fsprogs before 1.42.12 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted block group descriptor data in a filesystem image.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application E2fsprogs Project E2fsprogs All All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1187032 – (CVE-2015-0247) CVE-2015-0247 e2fsprogs: ext2fs_open2() missing first_meta_bg boundary check leading to heap buffer overflow (oCERT-015-002) CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: e2fsprogs-1.42.12-3.fc21 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3166-1 e2fsprogs DEBIAN www.debian.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:067 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
e2fsprogs: Heap-based buffer overflow (GLSA 201701-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: e2fsprogs-1.42.12-1.fc21 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0061 - Updated e2fsprogs packages fix CVE-2015-0247 CONFIRM advisories.mageia.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: e2fsprogs-1.42.12-3.fc20 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
ext2/e2fsprogs.git - Ext2/3/4 filesystem userspace utilities CONFIRM git.kernel.org
e2fsprogs 'lib/ext2fs/openfs.c' Local Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
USN-2507-1: e2fsprogs vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
e2fsprogs Input Sanitization ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1103-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:045 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
openSUSE-SU-2015:1006-1: moderate: Security update for e2fsprogs SUSE lists.opensuse.org
oCERT.org - oCERT Advisories MISC www.ocert.org US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710444 Gentoo Linux e2fsprogs Heap-based buffer overflow Vulnerability (GLSA 201701-06)
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