DSA-4971-1 ntfs-3g -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4971-1 ntfs-3g -- security update

Date Reported:

09 Sep 2021

Affected Packages:

ntfs-3g

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 988386.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-33285, CVE-2021-33286, CVE-2021-33287, CVE-2021-33289, CVE-2021-35266, CVE-2021-35267, CVE-2021-35268, CVE-2021-35269, CVE-2021-39251, CVE-2021-39252, CVE-2021-39253, CVE-2021-39254, CVE-2021-39255, CVE-2021-39256, CVE-2021-39257, CVE-2021-39258, CVE-2021-39259, CVE-2021-39260, CVE-2021-39261, CVE-2021-39262, CVE-2021-39263.

More information:

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in NTFS-3G, a read-write NTFS driver for FUSE. A local user can take advantage of these flaws for local root privilege escalation.

For the oldstable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 1:2017.3.23AR.3-3+deb10u1.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 1:2017.3.23AR.3-4+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ntfs-3g packages.

For the detailed security status of ntfs-3g please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/ntfs-3g