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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2019-9755: NTFS-3G: Remote code execution, possible privilege escalation

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2019-9755: NTFS-3G: Remote code execution, possible privilege escalation

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/05/2019
Created
07/28/2020
Added
07/28/2020
Modified
07/28/2020

Description

An integer underflow issue exists in ntfs-3g 2017.3.23. A local attacker could potentially exploit this by running /bin/ntfs-3g with specially crafted arguments from a specially crafted directory to cause a heap buffer overflow, resulting in a crash or the ability to execute arbitrary code. In installations where /bin/ntfs-3g is a setuid-root binary, this could lead to a local escalation of privileges.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-fs-ntfs3g

References

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