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Debian DSA-3780-1 : ntfs-3g - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 96933

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Jann Horn of Google Project Zero discovered that NTFS-3G, a read-write NTFS driver for FUSE, does not scrub the environment before executing modprobe with elevated privileges. A local user can take advantage of this flaw for local root privilege escalation.

Solution

Upgrade the ntfs-3g packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1:2014.2.15AR.2-1+deb8u3.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/ntfs-3g

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3780

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96933

File Name: debian_DSA-3780.nasl

Version: 3.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/2/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ntfs-3g, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/1/2017

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Metasploit (Debian/Ubuntu ntfs-3g Local Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-0358

DSA: 3780