1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5711-1

USN-5711-1: NTFS-3G vulnerability

Publication date

2 November 2022

Overview

NTFS-3G could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it mounted a specially crafted disk.

Releases

Packages

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

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.

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.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.10 kinetic ntfs-3g –  1:2022.5.17-1ubuntu1.1
22.04 jammy ntfs-3g –  1:2021.8.22-3ubuntu1.2
20.04 focal ntfs-3g –  1:2017.3.23AR.3-3ubuntu1.3
18.04 bionic ntfs-3g –  1:2017.3.23-2ubuntu0.18.04.5

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