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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-39257: NTFS-3G: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-39257: NTFS-3G: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
09/07/2021
Created
01/13/2023
Added
01/12/2023
Modified
01/12/2023

Description

A crafted NTFS image with an unallocated bitmap can lead to a endless recursive function call chain (starting from ntfs_attr_pwrite), causing stack consumption in NTFS-3G < 2021.8.22.

Solution(s)

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

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