Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20151572000
Revision Date:2015-02-24Version:1
Title:CVE-2015-1572 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
Description:Heap-based buffer overflow in closefs.c in the libext2fs library in e2fsprogs before 1.42.12 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by causing a crafted block group descriptor to be marked as dirty. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-0247.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2015-1572
Platform(s):Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed.
  • AND The 'e2fsprogs' package in precise was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1.42-1ubuntu2.2').
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