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title: 'USN-6970-1: exfatprogs vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices'
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1. [Ubuntu Security Notices](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices)
2. USN-6970-1

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# USN-6970-1: exfatprogs vulnerability

Publication date

20 August 2024

Overview

exfatprogs could be made to crash or run programs if it handled a specially
crafted partition.

Releases

[22.04 LTS](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices?release=jammy)

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## Packages

* [exfatprogs](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves?package=exfatprogs) - tools to create, check and label exFAT filesystems

## Details

It was discovered that exfatprogs incorrectly handled certain memory
operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into handling
specially crafted exfat partitions, a remote attacker could use this issue
to cause exfatprogs to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code.

## Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

[Learn more about how to get the fixes.](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

| Ubuntu Release | Package Version |
| --- | --- |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | [exfatprogs](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exfatprogs) –  [1.1.3-1ubuntu0.1](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exfatprogs/1.1.3-1ubuntu0.1) | | |

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## References

* [CVE-2023-45897](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-45897)