SB2017011131 - Gentoo update for NTFS-3G 



SB2017011131 - Gentoo update for NTFS-3G

Published: January 11, 2017 Updated: January 11, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2017011131
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3202)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate or delete data.

fusermount in FUSE before 2.9.3-15 does not properly clear the environment before invoking (1) mount or (2) umount as root, which allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a crafted LIBMOUNT_MTAB environment variable that is used by mount's debugging feature.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.