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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: USN-5711-2 Critical NTFS-3G Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey November 3, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
CVE-2022-XXXX patch release for Ubuntu dated November 03, 2022. Addressed critical flaws that could lead to elevated permissions exploitation.
NTFS-3G could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it mounted a specially crafted disk.

Summary

NTFS-3G could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator

if it mounted a specially crafted disk.

Software Description:

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

Details:

USN-5711-1 fixed a vulnerability in NTFS-3G. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Yuchen Zeng and Eduardo Vela discovered that NTFS-3G incorrectly validated

certain NTFS metadata. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to

gain privileges.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical privilege escalation local attack ubuntu ntfs-3g

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+esm4

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  ntfs-3g                         1:2013.1.13AR.1-2ubuntu2+esm4

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5711-2

CVE-2022-40284

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November 03, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical privilege escalation local attack ubuntu ntfs-3g

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