USN-4142-1 fixed a vulnerability in e2fsprogs. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that e2fsprogs incorrectly handled certain ext4 partitions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
{ "availability": "No subscription required", "binaries": [ { "binary_name": "libss2", "binary_version": "1.42.9-3ubuntu1.3+esm1" }, { "binary_name": "e2fslibs-dev", "binary_version": "1.42.9-3ubuntu1.3+esm1" }, { "binary_name": "e2fsprogs", "binary_version": "1.42.9-3ubuntu1.3+esm1" }, { "binary_name": "e2fsck-static", "binary_version": "1.42.9-3ubuntu1.3+esm1" }, { "binary_name": "e2fslibs", "binary_version": "1.42.9-3ubuntu1.3+esm1" }, { "binary_name": "e2fsprogs-udeb", "binary_version": "1.42.9-3ubuntu1.3+esm1" }, { "binary_name": "libcomerr2", "binary_version": "1.42.9-3ubuntu1.3+esm1" } ] }