| Name | CVE-2007-5159 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 445315 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ntfs-3g (PTS) | bullseye | 1:2017.3.23AR.3-4+deb11u4 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:2017.3.23AR.3-4+deb11u3 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 1:2022.10.3-1+deb12u2 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1:2022.10.3-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ntfs-3g | source | (unstable) | 1:1.913-2 | medium | 445315 |