e2fsprogs could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it processed a specially crafted filesystem image.
Jose Duart discovered that e2fsprogs incorrectly handled invalid block group descriptor data. A local attacker could use this issue with a crafted filesystem image to possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-0247, CVE-2015-1572)
23 February 2015
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
e2fsprogs could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it processed a specially crafted filesystem image.
Jose Duart discovered that e2fsprogs incorrectly handled invalid block group descriptor data. A local attacker could use this issue with a crafted filesystem image to possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-0247, CVE-2015-1572)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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