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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4535-1                   security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso
September 27, 2019                    https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : e2fsprogs
CVE ID         : CVE-2019-5094
Debian Bug     : 941139

Lilith of Cisco Talos discovered a buffer overflow flaw in the quota
code used by e2fsck from the ext2/ext3/ext4 file system utilities.
Running e2fsck on a malformed file system can result in the execution of
arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.43.4-2+deb9u1.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.44.5-1+deb10u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your e2fsprogs packages.

For the detailed security status of e2fsprogs please refer to its
security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/e2fsprogs

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org