Medium severity · published Jan 8, 2020
CVE-2019-5188
A code execution vulnerability exists in the directory rehashing functionality of E2fsprogs e2fsck 1.45.4
6.7
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A code execution vulnerability exists in the directory rehashing functionality of E2fsprogs e2fsck 1.45.4. A specially crafted ext4 directory can cause an out-of-bounds write on the stack, 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
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
E2
E2fsprogs ·
1.43.3 - 1.45.4 · source: vendor, NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
30; 31 · source: NVD
HC
Hci Compute Node Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.1 · source: NVD
SE
Solidfire, Enterprise Sds & Hci Storage Node · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 19.04; 19.10 · source: NVD
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5; V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5; V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
SS
SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5188
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5188
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00004.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00030.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00021.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2AKETJ6BREDUHRWQTV35SPGG5C6H7KSI/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DOBCYQKCTTWXBLMUPJ5TX3FY7JNCOKY/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220506-0001/
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