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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2019.0296
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2019-0296)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'e2fsprogs' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2019-0296 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'e2fsprogs' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2019-0296 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Updated e2fsprogs packages fix security vulnerability:

Lilith of Cisco Talos discovered a buffer overflow flaw in the quota code
used by e2fsck from the ext2/ext3/ext4 file system utilities. Running
e2fsck on a malformed file system can result in the execution of arbitrary
code (CVE-2019-5094).

The e2fsprogs package has been updated to version 1.45.4, fixing this issue
and other bugs. See the upstream release notes for details.

Affected Software/OS:
'e2fsprogs' package(s) on Mageia 7.

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-2019-5094
Bugtraq: 20190929 [SECURITY] [DSA 4535-1] e2fsprogs security update (Google Search)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/58
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200115-0002/
Debian Security Information: DSA-4535 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4535
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DOBCYQKCTTWXBLMUPJ5TX3FY7JNCOKY/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2AKETJ6BREDUHRWQTV35SPGG5C6H7KSI/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-05
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0887
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00029.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4142-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4142-2/
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