CVE-2015-1572

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in closefs.c in the libext2fs library in e2fsprogs before 1.42.12 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by causing a crafted block group descriptor to be marked as dirty. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-0247.

Category

4.6
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.09%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory kernel.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72709 vdb entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150606.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3166 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:068 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00010.html vendor advisory
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/commit/?id=49d0fe2a14f2a23da2fe299643379b8c1d37df73 vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-22 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150805.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2507-1 vendor advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0088.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00006.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:067 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00019.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-1572?
CVE-2015-1572 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-1572?
To fix CVE-2015-1572, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-1572 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2015-1572 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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