Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2007-5497 First vendor Publication 2007-12-07
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-02-13

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 5.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 4.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5497

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10399
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10399
Title: 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.
Description: 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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-5497
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17552
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17552
Title: USN-555-1 -- e2fsprogs vulnerability
Description: Rafal Wojtczuk discovered multiple integer overflows in e2fsprogs.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-555-1
CVE-2007-5497
 Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 6.06
Ubuntu 6.10
Ubuntu 7.04
Ubuntu 7.10
 Product(s): e2fsprogs
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20105
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20105
Title: DSA-1422-1 e2fsprogs - arbitrary code execution
Description: Rafal Wojtczuk of McAfee AVERT Research discovered that e2fsprogs, the ext2 file system utilities and libraries, contained multiple integer overflows in memory allocations, based on sizes taken directly from filesystem information. These could result in heap-based overflows potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1422-1
CVE-2007-5497
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
 Product(s): e2fsprogs
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22590
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22590
Title: ELSA-2008:0003: e2fsprogs security update (Moderate)
Description: 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.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2008:0003-01
CVE-2007-5497
 Version: 6
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s): e2fsprogs
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 40

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for e2fsprogs
File : nvt/sles9p5011593.nasl
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for e2fsprogs
File : nvt/sles9p5017085.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for e2fsprogs MDKSA-2007:242 (e2fsprogs)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_242.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for e2fsprogs vulnerability USN-555-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_555_1.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for e2fsprogs RHSA-2008:0003-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0003-01_e2fsprogs.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for e2fsprogs CESA-2008:0003-05 centos2 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0003-05_e2fsprogs_centos2_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for e2fsprogs CESA-2008:0003 centos3 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0003_e2fsprogs_centos3_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for e2fsprogs CESA-2008:0003 centos3 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0003_e2fsprogs_centos3_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for e2fsprogs CESA-2008:0003 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0003_e2fsprogs_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for e2fsprogs CESA-2008:0003 centos4 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0003_e2fsprogs_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-24 Name : Fedora Update for e2fsprogs FEDORA-2007-4447
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_4447_e2fsprogs_fc8.nasl
2009-02-24 Name : Fedora Update for e2fsprogs FEDORA-2007-4461
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_4461_e2fsprogs_fc7.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200712-13 (e2fsprogs)
File : nvt/glsa_200712_13.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: e2fsprogs
File : nvt/freebsd_e2fsprogs.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1422-1 (e2fsprogs)
File : nvt/deb_1422_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
40161 e2fsprogs libext2fs Crafted Filesystem Image Arbitrary Remote Code Execution

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0003.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20080107_e2fsprogs_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_11997.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_12019.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-27 Name : The remote VMware ESX host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2008-0004.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-21 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-4447.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-21 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-4461.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-10 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0003.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-01-08 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0003.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-24 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_299e3f81aee711dcb7810016179b2dd5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-19 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200712-13.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_e2fsprogs-4743.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1422.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-11 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-242.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-11 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-555-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-07 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_e2fsprogs-4739.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26772
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487999/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489082/100/0/threaded
CONFIRM http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=560230&group_id=2406
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-040.htm
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX118766
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0262
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0004.html
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2011
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1422
FEDORA https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00618...
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00629...
HP http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083
MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:242
MLIST http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000007.html
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0003.html
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019537
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/27889
http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
http://secunia.com/advisories/27987
http://secunia.com/advisories/28000
http://secunia.com/advisories/28030
http://secunia.com/advisories/28042
http://secunia.com/advisories/28360
http://secunia.com/advisories/28541
http://secunia.com/advisories/28648
http://secunia.com/advisories/29224
http://secunia.com/advisories/32774
http://secunia.com/advisories/40551
SUSE http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-555-1
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4135
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0761
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1796
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38903

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