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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : NTFS-3G update (USN-3914-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 124152

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

USN-3914-1 fixed vulnerabilities in NTFS-3G. As an additional hardening measure, this update removes the setuid bit from the ntfs-3g binary.

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.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3914-2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 124152

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3914-2.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/18/2019

Updated: 10/21/2023

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ntfs-3g, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ntfs-3g-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ntfs-3g-udeb, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libntfs-3g88

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2019

Reference Information

USN: 3914-2