CVE-2007-5159

Published: 1 October 2007

The ntfs-3g package before 1.913-2.fc7 in Fedora 7, and an ntfs-3g package in Ubuntu 7.10/Gutsy, assign incorrect permissions (setuid root) to mount.ntfs-3g, which allows local users with fuse group membership to read from and write to arbitrary block devices, possibly involving a file descriptor leak.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
ntfs-3g Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	edgy	Ignored (end of life, was needed)
	feisty	Ignored (end of life, was needed)
	gutsy	Released (1:1.913-2ubuntu1)
	hardy	Not vulnerable (1:1.2216-1ubuntu1)
	upstream	Released (1:1.913-2)

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5159
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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