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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: USN-5463-2 Moderate: ntfs-3g Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey August 2, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple vulnerabilities have been addressed in ntfs-3g for Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 ESM. It is strongly advised to apply these critical updates.
Several security issues were fixed in ntfs-3g.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in ntfs-3g.

Software Description:

- ntfs-3g: read/write NTFS driver for FUSE

Details:

USN-5463-1 fixed vulnerabilities in NTFS-3G. This update provides the

corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Roman Fiedler discovered that NTFS-3G incorrectly handled certain

return codes. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to

intercept protocol traffic between FUSE and the kernel.

(CVE-2022-30783)

It was discovered that NTFS-3G incorrectly handled certain NTFS disk

images. If a user or automated system were tricked into mounting a

specially crafted disk image, a remote attacker could use this issue to

cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

(CVE-2022-30784, CVE-2022-30786, CVE-2022-30788, CVE-2022-30789)

Roman Fiedler discovered that NTFS-3G incorrectly handled certain file

handles. A local attacker could possibly use this...

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
   ntfs-3g                         1:2015.3.14AR.1-1ubuntu0.3+esm3

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
   ntfs-3g                         1:2013.1.13AR.1-2ubuntu2+esm3

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5463-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5463-1

CVE-2022-30783, CVE-2022-30784, CVE-2022-30785, CVE-2022-30786,

CVE-2022-30787, CVE-2022-30788, CVE-2022-30789

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security advisory moderate denial of service Ubuntu ntfs-3g protocol interception

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