Bug 2001656 (CVE-2021-39257)

Summary: CVE-2021-39257 ntfs-3g: Endless recursion from ntfs_attr_pwrite() triggered by an unallocated bitmap
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Priority: medium    
Version: unspecifiedCC: kkiwi, rjones, spotrh, virt-maint
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: ntfs3g-2021.8.22 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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The ntfs3g package is susceptible to a heap overflow on crafted input. When processing an NTFS image, proper bounds checking was not enforced leading to this software flaw. The highest threat from this vulnerability is system availability.
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Last Closed: 2021-09-30 18:22:26 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 2002985, 2004490, 2004491, 2006383, 2006384, 2006463, 2006465, 2006466, 2006467, 2006468, 2006991, 2006992    
Bug Blocks: 2001669    

Description Pedro Sampaio 2021-09-06 17:04:47 UTC 
From https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/30/1:

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Security vulnerabilities were identified in the open source NTFS-3G and NTFSPROGS software. These vulnerabilities were confirmed and resolved. To our knowledge, these vulnerabilities have not been exploited.

These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker using a maliciously crafted NTFS-formatted image file or external storage to potentially execute arbitrary privileged code, if the attacker has either local access and the ntfs-3g binary is setuid root, or if the attacker has physical access to an external port to a computer which is configured to run the ntfs-3g binary or one of the ntfsprogs tools when the external storage is plugged into the computer. These vulnerabilities result from incorrect validation of some of the NTFS metadata that could potentially cause buffer overflows, which could be exploited by an attacker. Common ways for attackers to gain physical access to a machine is through social engineering or an evil maid attack on an unattended computer.

We recommend installing and applying the update with the security fixes, and advise to follow security guidance and frameworks such as NIST for assessing and improving an organization’s abilities to prevent, detect, and respond to security threats and cyber attacks.

AFFECTED PRODUCTS: All previous versions of open source NTFS-3G and NTFSPROGS.

WORKAROUND: None

SOLUTION: Upgrade to 2021.8.22

PROJECT URL: https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g

ADVISORY ID: NTFS3G-SA-2021-0001

ISSUE DATE: 2021-08-30

SEVERITY: Moderate

CVEs: CVE-2021-33285, CVE-2021-35269, CVE-2021-35268, CVE-2021-33289, CVE-2021-33286, CVE-2021-35266, CVE-2021-33287, CVE-2021-35267, CVE-2021-39251, CVE-2021-39252, CVE-2021-39253, CVE-2021-39254, CVE-2021-39255, CVE-2021-39256, CVE-2021-39257, CVE-2021-39258, CVE-2021-39259, CVE-2021-39260, CVE-2021-39261, CVE-2021-39262, CVE-2021-39263

CVSS SCORE: 3.9-6.7

ACKNOWLEDGMENT: Jeremy Galindo, Akshay Ajayan, Kyle Zeng and Fish Wang for reporting these vulnerabilities.
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Comment 1 devthomp 2021-09-21 18:15:36 UTC 
Created ntfs-3g tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2006467]
Comment 9 devthomp 2021-09-22 19:09:51 UTC 
Created ntfs-3g tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2006992]
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2021-09-30 16:54:34 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Advanced Virtualization for RHEL 8.4.0.Z

Via RHSA-2021:3703 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3703
Comment 11 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-09-30 18:22:26 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-39257
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2021-09-30 19:02:18 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Advanced Virtualization for RHEL 8.2.1

Via RHSA-2021:3704 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3704
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2022-05-10 13:17:29 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2022:1759 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1759