[USN-5463-2] NTFS-3G vulnerabilities

[Rodrigo Figueiredo Zaiden]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5463-2
August 02, 2022

ntfs-3g vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

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 issue to read and
  write arbitrary memory. (CVE-2022-30785, CVE-2022-30787)

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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