USN-6970-1

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    USN-6970-1

    Published: 20 Aug 2024Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: exfatprogs vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that exfatprogs incorrectly handled certain memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into handling specially crafted exfat partitions, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause exfatprogs to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6970-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-45897

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: exfatprogs

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=jammy

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.1.3-1ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    1.1.0-1
    1.1.2-2
    1.1.3-1

    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
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