| Name | CVE-2022-40284 |
| Description | A buffer overflow was discovered in NTFS-3G before 2022.10.3. Crafted metadata in an NTFS image can cause code execution. A local attacker can exploit this if the ntfs-3g binary is setuid root. A physically proximate attacker can exploit this if NTFS-3G software is configured to execute upon attachment of an external storage device. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3201-1, DSA-5270-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
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.
Notes
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/31/2
https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/commit/18bfc676119a1188e8135287b8327b0760ba44a1 (2022.10.3)
https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/commit/76c3a799a97fbcedeeeca57f598be508ae2a1656 (2022.10.3)