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Mageia 8 MGASA-2022-0408 Moderate: ntfs-3g Crash and Admin Threat

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Calendar Grey November 4, 2022
Dist Mageia Esm H88
The ntfs-3g filesystem driver received important updates on 04 Nov 2022 to address vulnerabilities that could lead to crashes or unauthorized access, improving system security
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. (CVE-2022-40284)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31056

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/31/2

- https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/releases/tag/2022.10.3

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

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40284

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update crash risk admin access ntfs-3g mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/ntfs-3g-2021.8.22-1.2.mga8

Publication date: 04 Nov 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0408.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-40284

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update crash risk admin access ntfs-3g mageia

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