DSA-4413-1 ntfs-3g -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4413-1 ntfs-3g -- security update

Date Reported:

21 Mar 2019

Affected Packages:

ntfs-3g

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-9755.

More information:

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in NTFS-3G, a read-write NTFS driver for FUSE. A local user can take advantage of this flaw for local root privilege escalation.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:2016.2.22AR.1+dfsg-1+deb9u1.

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