CVE-2007-5497

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2007-12-05
CWE:
CWE-190
Bugzilla:
403441: CVE-2007-5497 e2fsprogs multiple integer overflows

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Multiple integer overflows in libext2fs in e2fsprogs before 1.40.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted filesystem image.

Find out more about CVE-2007-5497 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (e2fsprogs) RHSA-2008:0003 2008-01-07
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (e2fsprogs) RHSA-2008:0003 2008-01-07
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (e2fsprogs) RHSA-2008:0003 2008-01-07
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (e2fsprogs) RHSA-2008:0003 2008-01-07

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Rafal Wojtczuk of McAfee Avert Research for responsibly disclosing these issues.

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