CVE-2007-5159 | BDVDB-2026-26611 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00368.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=298651
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-list/2007-September/msg00163.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/26938

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12007-10-01Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-09-16Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.