Security update for e2fsprogs

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1987-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2015-0247 ( SUSE ): 4.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2015-1572 ( SUSE ): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has three security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for e2fsprogs fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2015-0247: Fixed couple of heap overflows in e2fsprogs (fsck, dumpe2fs, e2image...) (bsc#915402).
  • CVE-2015-1572: Fixed potential buffer overflow in closefs() (bsc#918346).

Bug fixes:

  • bsc#1038194: generic/405 test fails with /dev/mapper/thin-vol is inconsistent on ext4 file system.
  • bsc#1009532: resize2fs hangs when trying to resize a large ext4 file system.
  • bsc#960273: xfsprogs does not call %{?regenerate_initrd_post}.

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-1353=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (x86_64)
    • libcom_err2-32bit-debuginfo-1.43.8-4.3.1
    • e2fsprogs-32bit-debuginfo-1.43.8-4.3.1
    • libcom_err2-32bit-1.43.8-4.3.1
  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libcom_err2-debuginfo-1.43.8-4.3.1
    • e2fsprogs-devel-1.43.8-4.3.1
    • libcom_err2-1.43.8-4.3.1
    • libext2fs-devel-static-1.43.8-4.3.1
    • libcom_err-devel-static-1.43.8-4.3.1
    • e2fsprogs-1.43.8-4.3.1
    • e2fsprogs-debuginfo-1.43.8-4.3.1
    • libcom_err-devel-1.43.8-4.3.1
    • libext2fs-devel-1.43.8-4.3.1
    • e2fsprogs-debugsource-1.43.8-4.3.1
    • libext2fs2-debuginfo-1.43.8-4.3.1
    • libext2fs2-1.43.8-4.3.1

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