PT-2007-6252 · Ntfs-3G · Ntfs-3G

Thorsten Leemhuis · Published 2007-10-01 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2007-5159

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ntfs-3g versions prior to 1.913-2.fc7

Description The issue allows local users with fuse group membership to read from and write to arbitrary block devices, possibly involving a file descriptor leak, due to incorrect permissions assigned to mount.ntfs-3g.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.913-2.fc7, update to version 1.913-2.fc7 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-5159

Affected Products

Ntfs-3G

References · 8

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5159 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5159 · Security Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00368.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5159 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-5159 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26938 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=298651 · Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-list/2007-September/msg00163.html · Note