medium4.6
CVE-2007-5159
The ntfs-3g package before 1.913-2.fc7 in Fedora 7, and an ntfs-3g package in Ubuntu 7.10/Gutsy, assign incorrect permissions (setuid root) to mount.ntfs-3g, w…
Impact
The ntfs-3g package before 1.913-2.fc7 in Fedora 7, and an ntfs-3g package in Ubuntu 7.10/Gutsy, assign incorrect permissions (setuid root) to mount.ntfs-3g, which allows local users with fuse group membership to read from and write to arbitrary block devices, possibly involving a file descriptor leak.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ntfs-3g | Ntfs-3g | through 1.913-1.fc7 All versions |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26938
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=298651
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-list/2007-September/msg00163.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00368.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26938
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=298651
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-list/2007-September/msg00163.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00368.html