GLSA 201701-19: NTFS-3G: Privilege escalation

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Severity:	normal
Title:	NTFS-3G: Privilege escalation
Date:	01/11/2017
Bugs:	#550970
ID:	201701-19

Synopsis

A vulnerability in NTFS-3G allows local users to gain root privileges.

Background

NTFS-3G is a stable, full-featured, read-write NTFS driver for various operating systems.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
sys-fs/ntfs3g	< 2016.2.22	>= 2016.2.22	All supported architectures

Description

NTFS-3G is affected by the same vulnerability as reported in “GLSA 201603-04” when the bundled fuse-lite implementation is used.

Impact

A local user could gain root privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time. However, on Gentoo when the “external-fuse” USE flag is set or the “suid” USE flag is not set then NTFS-3G is not affected. Both of these cases are the default configuration.

Resolution

All NTFS-3G users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-fs/ntfs3g-2016.2.22"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201701-19.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.