Mageia alert MGASA-2015-0088 (e2fsprogs)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2015-0088: Updated e2fsprogs packages fix CVE-2015-1572 
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Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:27:18 +0100
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MGASA-2015-0088 - Updated e2fsprogs packages fix CVE-2015-1572

Publication date: 26 Feb 2015
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0088.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 4
CVE: CVE-2015-1572

Description:
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. This is due to an incomplete fix
for CVE-2015-0247 (CVE-2015-1572).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15352
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0061.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3166
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1572

SRPMS:
- 4/core/e2fsprogs-1.42.9-2.2.mga4