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OPEN SOURCE NTFS-3G SECURITY ADVISORY NTFS3G-SA-2022-0002

High
unsound published GHSA-6mv4-4v73-xw58 May 26, 2022

Package

ntfs-3g (FUSE)

Affected versions

2021.8.22

Patched versions

2022.5.17

Description

Security vulnerabilities were identified in the open source NTFS-3G
built with internal libfuse (known as libfuse-lite) or libfuse2. These
vulnerabilities were confirmed and resolved. A proof-of-concept exploit
against a specific NTFS-3G build exists.

These vulnerabilities allow an attacker to execute arbitrary privileged
code, if the attacker has local access and the ntfs-3g binary is setuid
root.

We recommend installing and applying the update with the security fixes,
and advise to follow security guidance and frameworks such as NIST for
assessing and improving an organization’s abilities to prevent, detect,
and respond to security threats and cyber attacks.

AFFECTED PRODUCTS: All previous versions of open source NTFS-3G compiled
with internal libfuse (known as libfuse-lite) or libfuse2.

WORKAROUND: None

SOLUTION: Upgrade to 2022.5.17

PROJECT URL: https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g

ADVISORY ID: NTFS3G-SA-2022-0002

ISSUE DATE: 2022-05-26

SEVERITY: High

CVEs: CVE-2022-30783, CVE-2022-30785, CVE-2022-30787

CVSS SCORE: 7.5

ACKNOWLEDGMENT: Thanks to Roman Fiedler for reporting the vulnerabilities and supplying a PoC.

Severity

High

CVE ID

No known CVE

Weaknesses

No CWEs

Credits