<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="202007-45"> <title>NTFS-3G: Remote code execution, possible privilege escalation</title> <synopsis>A buffer overflow in NTFS-3g might allow local or remote attacker(s) to execute arbitrary code, or escalate privileges. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">ntfs-3g</product> <announced>2020-07-27</announced> <revised count="1">2020-07-27</revised> <bug>717640</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="sys-fs/ntfs3g" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2017.3.23-r3</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">2017.3.23-r3</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>NTFS-3G is a stable, full-featured, read-write NTFS driver for various operating systems. </p> </background> <description> <p>An integer underflow issue exists in NTFS-3G which may cause a heap buffer overflow with crafted input. </p> </description> <impact type="high"> <p>A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code while a local attacker may be able to escalate privileges. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All NTFS-3G users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-fs/ntfs3g-2017.3.23-r3" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9755">CVE-2019-9755</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-06-13T16:28:32Z">sam_c</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-07-27T00:59:29Z">sam_c</metadata> </glsa>