Heap-based buffer overflow in openfs.c in the libext2fs library in...

Vulnerability Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in openfs.c in the libext2fs library in e2fsprogs before 1.42.12 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted block group descriptor data in a filesystem image.

References

• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-06
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150606.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100740
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534633/100/0/threaded
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3166
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00010.html
• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0061.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130283/e2fsprogs-Input-Sanitization.html
• http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-002.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150805.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2507-1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72520
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/commit/?id=f66e6ce4
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149434.html
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:045
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:067
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1187032
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00019.html