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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201701-19
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: NTFS-3G: Privilege escalation
     Date: January 11, 2017
     Bugs: #550970
       ID: 201701-19

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in NTFS-3G allows local users to gain root privileges.

Background
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NTFS-3G is a stable, full-featured, read-write NTFS driver for various
operating systems.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  sys-fs/ntfs3g              < 2016.2.22              >= 2016.2.22 

Description
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NTFS-3G is affected by the same vulnerability as reported in "GLSA
201603-04" when the bundled fuse-lite implementation is used.

Impact
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A local user could gain root privileges.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time. However, on Gentoo when the
"external-fuse" USE flag is set or the "suid" USE flag is not set then
NTFS-3G is not affected. Both of these cases are the default
configuration.

Resolution
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All NTFS-3G users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-fs/ntfs3g-2016.2.22"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2015-3202
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3202
[ 2 ] GLSA 201603-04
      https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-04

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-19

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/