Security update for e2fsprogs

SUSE Security Update: Security update for e2fsprogs
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1103-1
Rating: important
References: #915402 #918346
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4

  • An update that contains security fixes can now be installed.

    Description:

    This update provides the following security-fixes for e2fsprogs:

    libext2fs: fix potential buffer overflow in closefs() (bsc#918346,
    CVE-2015-1572) libext2fs: avoid buffer overflow if s_first_meta_bg is too
    big (bsc#915402, CVE-2015-0247)

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp4-e2fsprogs-219=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch slessp4-e2fsprogs-219=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp4-e2fsprogs-219=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • e2fsprogs-devel-1.41.9-2.14.2
      • libcom_err-devel-1.41.9-2.14.2
      • libext2fs-devel-1.41.9-2.14.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libcom_err-devel-32bit-1.41.9-2.14.2
      • libext2fs-devel-32bit-1.41.9-2.14.2
      • libext2fs2-32bit-1.41.9-2.14.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (ia64):
      • libext2fs2-x86-1.41.9-2.14.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • e2fsprogs-1.41.9-2.14.2
      • libcom_err2-1.41.9-2.14.2
      • libext2fs2-1.41.9-2.14.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libcom_err2-32bit-1.41.9-2.14.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ia64):
      • libcom_err2-x86-1.41.9-2.14.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64):
      • e2fsprogs-1.41.9-2.14.2
      • libcom_err2-1.41.9-2.14.2
      • libext2fs2-1.41.9-2.14.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 (x86_64):
      • libcom_err2-32bit-1.41.9-2.14.2

    References: