{"id":30082,"date":"2019-03-22T00:10:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T15:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-3914-1-ntfs-3g-vulnerability\/"},"modified":"2019-03-22T01:34:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T16:34:15","slug":"usn-3914-1-ntfs-3g-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-3914-1-ntfs-3g-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"USN-3914-1: NTFS-3G vulnerability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USN-3914-1: NTFS-3G vulnerability<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"ntfs-3g-vulnerability\">ntfs-3g vulnerability<\/h2>\n<p>A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ubuntu 18.10<\/li>\n<li>Ubuntu 18.04 LTS<\/li>\n<li>Ubuntu 16.04 LTS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"summary\">Summary<\/h3>\n<p>NTFS-3G could be made to crash or potentially run programs as an<br \/>\nadministrator if executed with specially crafted arguments.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"software-description\">Software Description<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>ntfs-3g &#8211; read\/write NTFS driver for FUSE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"details\">Details<\/h3>\n<p>A heap buffer overflow was discovered in NTFS-3G when executing it with a<br \/>\nrelative mount point path that is too long. A local attacker could<br \/>\npotentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code as the administrator.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"update-instructions\">Update instructions<\/h2>\n<p>The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Ubuntu 18.10<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/ntfs-3g\">ntfs-3g<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/ntfs-3g\/1:2017.3.23-2ubuntu0.18.10.1\">1:2017.3.23-2ubuntu0.18.10.1<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Ubuntu 18.04 LTS<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/ntfs-3g\">ntfs-3g<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/ntfs-3g\/1:2017.3.23-2ubuntu0.18.04.1\">1:2017.3.23-2ubuntu0.18.04.1<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Ubuntu 16.04 LTS<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/ntfs-3g\">ntfs-3g<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/ntfs-3g\/1:2015.3.14AR.1-1ubuntu0.2\">1:2015.3.14AR.1-1ubuntu0.2<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>To update your system, please follow these instructions: <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Security\/Upgrades\">https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Security\/Upgrades<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"references\">References<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.canonical.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2019-9755\">CVE-2019-9755<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/usn.ubuntu.com\/3914-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USN-3914-1: NTFS-3G vulnerability<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>USN-3914-1: NTFS-3G vulnerability ntfs-3g vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 18.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary NTFS-3G could be made to crash or potentially run programs as an administrator if executed with specially crafted arguments. Software Description ntfs-3g &#8211; read\/write NTFS driver for FUSE Details A heap buffer overflow was discovered in NTFS-3G when executing it with a relative mount point path that is too long. A local attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code as the administrator. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.10 ntfs-3g &#8211; 1:2017.3.23-2ubuntu0.18.10.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ntfs-3g &#8211; 1:2017.3.23-2ubuntu0.18.04.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ntfs-3g &#8211; 1:2015.3.14AR.1-1ubuntu0.2 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Security\/Upgrades. 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