VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-5094
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the quota file functionality of E2fsprogs 1.45.3.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.10%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.10%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the quota file functionality of E2fsprogs 1.45.3. A specially crafted ext4 partition can cause an out-of-bounds write on the heap, resulting in code execution. An attacker can corrupt a partition to trigger this vulnerability.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.10% probability · 64th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- e2fsprogs project/e2fsprogs · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · canonical/ubuntu linux · netapp/hci management node · netapp/solidfire
- Source
- talos-cna@cisco.com
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2AKETJ6BREDUHRWQTV35SPGG5C6H7KSI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DOBCYQKCTTWXBLMUPJ5TX3FY7JNCOKY/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/58Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-05Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200115-0002/Third Party Advisory
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0887Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4142-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4142-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4535Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2AKETJ6BREDUHRWQTV35SPGG5C6H7KSI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DOBCYQKCTTWXBLMUPJ5TX3FY7JNCOKY/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/58Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-05Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200115-0002/Third Party Advisory
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0887Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4142-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4142-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4535Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.