CVE-2019-5094 Information

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 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00029.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2AKETJ6BREDUHRWQTV35SPGG5C6H7KSI/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DOBCYQKCTTWXBLMUPJ5TX3FY7JNCOKY/ https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/58 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-05 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200115-0002/ https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0887 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4142-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4142-2/ https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4535

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction Required

HIGH

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.7