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Ubuntu 22.10: USN-5711-1 Critical: NTFS-3G Crash Threat

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Calendar Grey November 2, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Keep updated on the recent NTFS-3G flaw affecting Ubuntu, as it poses significant risks to system stability and management.
NTFS-3G could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it mounted a specially crafted disk.

Summary

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security advisory Ubuntu local attack crash issue ntfs-3g administrator privileges

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.10: ntfs-3g 1:2022.5.17-1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: ntfs-3g 1:2021.8.22-3ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: ntfs-3g 1:2017.3.23AR.3-3ubuntu1.3 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: ntfs-3g 1:2017.3.23-2ubuntu0.18.04.5 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5711-1

CVE-2022-40284

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November 02, 2022

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security advisory Ubuntu local attack crash issue ntfs-3g administrator privileges

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntfs-3g/1:2021.8.22-3ubuntu1.2

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