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Ubuntu: (CVE-2021-33285): ntfs-3g vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (CVE-2021-33285): ntfs-3g vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/07/2021
Created
11/21/2024
Added
11/19/2024
Modified
11/19/2024

Description

In NTFS-3G versions < 2021.8.22, when a specially crafted NTFS attribute is supplied to the function ntfs_get_attribute_value, a heap buffer overflow can occur allowing for memory disclosure or denial of service. The vulnerability is caused by an out-of-bound buffer access which can be triggered by mounting a crafted ntfs partition. The root cause is a missing consistency check after reading an MFT record : the "bytes_in_use" field should be less than the "bytes_allocated" field. When it is not, the parsing of the records proceeds into the wild.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-ntfs-3g

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