USN-5711-2: NTFS-3G vulnerability
3 November 2022
NTFS-3G could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it mounted a specially crafted disk.
Releases
Packages
- ntfs-3g - read/write NTFS driver for FUSE
Details
USN-5711-1 fixed a vulnerability in NTFS-3G. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Yuchen Zeng and Eduardo Vela discovered that NTFS-3G incorrectly validated
certain NTFS metadata. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to
gain privileges.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04
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ntfs-3g
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1:2015.3.14AR.1-1ubuntu0.3+esm4
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 14.04
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ntfs-3g
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1:2013.1.13AR.1-2ubuntu2+esm4
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-5711-1: ntfs-3g-dev, libntfs-3g89, libntfs-3g883, ntfs-3g, libntfs-3g88