USN-5711-2

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    USN-5711-2

    Published: 3 Nov 2022Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: ntfs-3g vulnerability

    Details: USN-5711-1 fixed a vulnerability in NTFS-3G. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Yuchen Zeng and Eduardo Vela discovered that NTFS-3G incorrectly validated certain NTFS metadata. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to gain privileges.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5711-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-40284

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ntfs-3g

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ntfs-3g?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2013.1.13AR.1-2ubuntu2+esm4

    Affected versions

    1:2013.1.13AR.1-2ubuntu1
    1:2013.1.13AR.1-2ubuntu2
    1:2013.1.13AR.1-2ubuntu2+esm1
    1:2013.1.13AR.1-2ubuntu2+esm2
    1:2013.1.13AR.1-2ubuntu2+esm3

    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
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High