A NTFS-3G security update has been released for Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS, 22.04 LTS, and 22.10.

USN-5711-1: NTFS-3G vulnerability

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5711-1
November 02, 2022

ntfs-3g vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

NTFS-3G could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator
if it mounted a specially crafted disk.

Software Description:
- ntfs-3g: read/write NTFS driver for FUSE

Details:

Yuchen Zeng and Eduardo Vela discovered that NTFS-3G incorrectly validated
certain NTFS metadata. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to
gain privileges.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.10:
ntfs-3g 1:2022.5.17-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
ntfs-3g 1:2021.8.22-3ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
ntfs-3g 1:2017.3.23AR.3-3ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
ntfs-3g 1:2017.3.23-2ubuntu0.18.04.5

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5711-1
CVE-2022-40284

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntfs-3g/1:2022.5.17-1ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntfs-3g/1:2021.8.22-3ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntfs-3g/1:2017.3.23AR.3-3ubuntu1.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntfs-3g/1:2017.3.23-2ubuntu0.18.04.5