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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 815-1] ntfs-3g security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.2
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
6 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
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.
Affected Software
Affected Software
ntfs-3g on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1:2012.1.15AR.5-2.1+deb7u3. We recommend that you upgrade your ntfs-3g packages.