Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-5464-1

USN-5464-1: e2fsprogs vulnerability

Publication date

7 June 2022

Overview

e2fsprogs could be made to crash or possibly run programs if it processed a specially crafted file system image.

Releases

22.04 LTS 21.10 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS 14.04 LTS

Packages

e2fsprogs - ext2/ext3/ext4 file system utilities

Details

Nils Bars discovered that e2fsprogs incorrectly handled certain file
systems. A local attacker could use this issue with a crafted file
system image to possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release	Package Version
22.04 jammy	e2fsprogs – 1.46.5-2ubuntu1.1
	e2fsck-static – 1.46.5-2ubuntu1.1
	fuse2fs – 1.46.5-2ubuntu1.1
21.10 impish	e2fsprogs – 1.46.3-1ubuntu3.1
	e2fsck-static – 1.46.3-1ubuntu3.1
	fuse2fs – 1.46.3-1ubuntu3.1
20.04 focal	e2fsprogs – 1.45.5-2ubuntu1.1
	e2fsck-static – 1.45.5-2ubuntu1.1
	fuse2fs – 1.45.5-2ubuntu1.1
18.04 bionic	e2fsprogs – 1.44.1-1ubuntu1.4
	e2fsck-static – 1.44.1-1ubuntu1.4
	fuse2fs – 1.44.1-1ubuntu1.4
16.04 xenial	e2fsprogs – 1.42.13-1ubuntu1.2+esm1
16.04 xenial	e2fslibs – 1.42.13-1ubuntu1.2+esm1
14.04 trusty	e2fsprogs – 1.42.9-3ubuntu1.3+esm3
14.04 trusty	e2fsck-static – 1.42.9-3ubuntu1.3+esm3

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References

CVE-2022-1304

CVE-2022-1304