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Debian: CVE-2021-46790: ntfs-3g -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 2, 2022
Added
Jun 13, 2022
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

ntfsck in NTFS-3G through 2021.8.22 has a heap-based buffer overflow involving buffer+512*3-2. NOTE: the upstream position is that ntfsck is deprecated; however, it is shipped by some Linux distributions.

Solution

debian-upgrade-ntfs-3g
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