metadata/glsa/glsa-202007-45.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202007-45">
  <title>NTFS-3G: Remote code execution, possible privilege escalation</title>
  <synopsis>A buffer overflow in NTFS-3g might allow local or remote
    attacker(s) to execute arbitrary code, or escalate privileges.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">ntfs-3g</product>
  <announced>2020-07-27</announced>
  <revised count="1">2020-07-27</revised>
  <bug>717640</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="sys-fs/ntfs3g" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2017.3.23-r3</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2017.3.23-r3</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>NTFS-3G is a stable, full-featured, read-write NTFS driver for various
      operating systems.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>An integer underflow issue exists in NTFS-3G which may cause a heap
      buffer overflow with crafted input.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code while a local
      attacker may be able to escalate privileges.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All NTFS-3G users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-fs/ntfs3g-2017.3.23-r3"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9755">CVE-2019-9755</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-06-13T16:28:32Z">sam_c</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-07-27T00:59:29Z">sam_c</metadata>
</glsa>