Package : e2fsprogs
Vulnerability : integer overfows
Problem type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2007-5497
Rafal Wojtczuk of McAfee AVERT Research discovered that e2fsprogs,
ext2 file system utilities and libraries, contained multiple
integer overflows in memory allocations, based on sizes taken directly
from filesystem information. These could result in heap-based
overflows potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version
1.39+1.40-WIP-2006.11.14+dfsg-2etch1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed shortly.
We recommend that you upgrade your e2fsprogs package.
Upgrade instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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