Security update for e2fsprogs

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1341-1
Rating: low
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2015-0247 ( SUSE ): 4.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2015-1572 ( SUSE ): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

Two security issues were fixed in e2fsprogs:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2015-0247: Various heap overflows were fixed in e2fsprogs (fsck, dumpe2fs, e2image...).
  • CVE-2015-1572: Fixed a potential buffer overflow in closefs() (bsc#918346 )

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-366=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-366=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-366=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-366=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64)
    • libext2fs2-debuginfo-1.42.11-7.1
    • e2fsprogs-debugsource-1.42.11-7.1
    • e2fsprogs-1.42.11-7.1
    • e2fsprogs-debuginfo-32bit-1.42.11-7.1
    • libcom_err2-debuginfo-32bit-1.42.11-7.1
    • e2fsprogs-debuginfo-1.42.11-7.1
    • libcom_err2-debuginfo-1.42.11-7.1
    • libcom_err2-32bit-1.42.11-7.1
    • libext2fs2-1.42.11-7.1
    • libcom_err2-1.42.11-7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • e2fsprogs-debugsource-1.42.11-7.1
    • e2fsprogs-devel-1.42.11-7.1
    • e2fsprogs-debuginfo-1.42.11-7.1
    • libcom_err-devel-1.42.11-7.1
    • libext2fs-devel-1.42.11-7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libext2fs2-debuginfo-1.42.11-7.1
    • e2fsprogs-debugsource-1.42.11-7.1
    • e2fsprogs-1.42.11-7.1
    • e2fsprogs-debuginfo-1.42.11-7.1
    • libcom_err2-debuginfo-1.42.11-7.1
    • libext2fs2-1.42.11-7.1
    • libcom_err2-1.42.11-7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (s390x x86_64)
    • libcom_err2-debuginfo-32bit-1.42.11-7.1
    • libcom_err2-32bit-1.42.11-7.1
    • e2fsprogs-debuginfo-32bit-1.42.11-7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
    • libext2fs2-debuginfo-1.42.11-7.1
    • e2fsprogs-debugsource-1.42.11-7.1
    • e2fsprogs-1.42.11-7.1
    • e2fsprogs-debuginfo-32bit-1.42.11-7.1
    • libcom_err2-debuginfo-32bit-1.42.11-7.1
    • e2fsprogs-debuginfo-1.42.11-7.1
    • libcom_err2-debuginfo-1.42.11-7.1
    • libcom_err2-32bit-1.42.11-7.1
    • libext2fs2-1.42.11-7.1
    • libcom_err2-1.42.11-7.1

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