Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2015.0061
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2015-0061)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'e2fsprogs' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0061 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'e2fsprogs' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0061 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Updated e2fsprogs packages fix security vulnerability: The libext2fs library, part of e2fsprogs and utilized by its utilities, is affected by a boundary check error on block group descriptor information, leading to a heap based buffer overflow. A specially crafted filesystem image can be used to trigger the vulnerability (CVE-2015-0247). Affected Software/OS: 'e2fsprogs' package(s) on Mageia 4. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 4.6 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-0247 BugTraq ID: 72520 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72520 Bugtraq: 20150205 [oCERT-2015-002] e2fsprogs input sanitization errors (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534633/100/0/threaded Debian Security Information: DSA-3166 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3166 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149434.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150606.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150805.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-06 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:045 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:067 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130283/e2fsprogs-Input-Sanitization.html http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-002.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:1103 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00019.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1006 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00010.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2507-1 XForce ISS Database: e2fsprogs-cve20150247-bo(100740) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100740
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