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CVE-2019-5094

Publication date 24 September 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.7 · Medium

Score breakdown

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the quota file functionality of E2fsprogs 1.45.3. A specially crafted ext4 partition can cause an out-of-bounds write on the heap, resulting in code execution. An attacker can corrupt a partition to trigger this vulnerability.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
e2fsprogs 19.04 disco
Fixed 1.44.6-1ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1.44.1-1ubuntu1.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.42.13-1ubuntu1.1
14.04 LTS trusty

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
e2fsprogs

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.7 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4142-2
    • e2fsprogs vulnerability
    • 30 September 2019
    • USN-4142-1
    • e2fsprogs vulnerability
    • 30 September 2019

Other references