USN-3914-2

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    USN-3914-2

    Published: 17 Apr 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: ntfs-3g update

    Details: USN-3914-1 fixed vulnerabilities in NTFS-3G. As an additional hardening measure, this update removes the setuid bit from the ntfs-3g binary. Original advisory details: A heap buffer overflow was discovered in NTFS-3G when executing it with a relative mount point path that is too long. A local attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code as the administrator.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3914-2, https://launchpad.net/bugs/1821250

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ntfs-3g

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ntfs-3g@1:2015.3.14AR.1-1ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2015.3.14AR.1-1ubuntu0.3

    Affected versions

    1:2014.2.15AR.3-3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High