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Debian: DSA-5270-1 Moderate: ntfs-3g Buffer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey November 4, 2022
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Debian Security Notice DSA-5271-1 highlights a flaw in libc-bin resulting in a potential security breach. This vulnerability can be exploited for unauthorized access.
Yuchen Zeng and Eduardo Vela discovered a buffer overflow in NTFS-3G, a read-write NTFS driver for FUSE, due to incorrect validation of some of the NTFS metadata
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security advisory buffer overflow local privilege escalation debian ntfs-3g

Summary

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:2017.3.23AR.3-4+deb11u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your ntfs-3g packages.

For the detailed security status of ntfs-3g please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ntfs-3g

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



Severity
important
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Critical

Package: ntfs-3g
CVE ID: CVE-2022-40284

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow local privilege escalation debian ntfs-3g

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