USN-5463-2: NTFS-3G vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• 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

• ntfs-3g - 1:2015.3.14AR.1-1ubuntu0.3+esm3
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04

• ntfs-3g - 1:2013.1.13AR.1-2ubuntu2+esm3
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

• CVE-2022-30783
• CVE-2022-30785
• CVE-2022-30784
• CVE-2022-30787
• CVE-2022-30786
• CVE-2022-30788
• CVE-2022-30789

Related notices

• USN-5463-1: libntfs-3g89, ntfs-3g, libntfs-3g883, libntfs-3g88, ntfs-3g-dev