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Debian 10 Buster DLA-3201-1 Severe: NTFS-3G Local Escalation Risk

debian lts
Calendar Grey November 21, 2022
Dist Debian Esm H88
A patch for ntfs-3g resolves a buffer overflow vulnerability; local users could gain elevated privileges as a result of improper metadata checks.
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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Summary

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. A local user can take advantage of this flaw for local
root privilege escalation.


For Debian 10 Buster, this problem has been fixed in version
1:2017.3.23AR.3-3+deb10u3.

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 LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS



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Package: ntfs-3g
Version: 1:2017.3.23AR.3-3+deb10u3
CVE ID: CVE-2022-40284

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