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Alpine: multiple ntfs-3g packages: security update to 2022.10.3-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424243

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A buffer overflow was discovered in NTFS-3G before 2022.10.3. Crafted metadata in an NTFS image can cause
 code execution. A local attacker can exploit this if the ntfs-3g binary is setuid root. A physically
 proximate attacker can exploit this if NTFS-3G software is configured to execute upon attachment of an
 external storage device. (CVE-2022-40284)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-40284

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 424243

Version: Revision 1.12

Type: Local

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-40284

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-40284