Mandriva Update For E2fsprogs MDKA-2007:068 (e2fsprogs) Network Vulnerability

Solution

Please Install the Updated Packages.

Insight

The libblkid library contained in the libext2fs2 package contains a serious memory leak which can cause machines being used as NFS servers to rapidly consume system memory. This update fixes the memory leak.

Affected

e2fsprogs on Mandriva Linux 2007.1, Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64

Severity

Classification

CVSS	Base Score: 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Related Vulnerabilities

Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:208 (libgadu)
Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:074 (libneon0.27)
Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:102 (apache)
Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:002 (bind)
Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:123 (opensc)

Mandriva Update for e2fsprogs MDKA-2007:068 (e2fsprogs)

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