Bug 2093358 (CVE-2021-46790) - CVE-2021-46790 ntfs-3g: heap-based buffer overflow in ntfsck
Summary: CVE-2021-46790 ntfs-3g: heap-based buffer overflow in ntfsck
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2021-46790
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2093363 2093359 2093360 2093361 2093362 2127262 2127263 2127264 2127265 2127266 2127267 2127268
Blocks: 2093356
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-06-03 14:15 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2023-05-17 01:41 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

Fixed In Version: ntfs-3g 2022.5.17
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A vulnerability was found in NTFS-3G, specifically in the ntfsck utility. Incorrect validation of NTFS metadata can result in a heap-based buffer overflow when processing a crafted NTFS image file or partition.
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Last Closed: 2023-05-17 01:41:12 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:2179 0 None None None 2023-05-09 07:15:51 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:2757 0 None None None 2023-05-16 08:08:18 UTC

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2022-06-03 14:15:28 UTC 
ntfsck in NTFS-3G through 2021.8.22 has a heap-based buffer overflow involving buffer+512*3-2. NOTE: the upstream position is that ntfsck is deprecated; however, it is shipped by some Linux distributions.

References:
https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/issues/16
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/26/1
Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2022-06-03 14:15:56 UTC 
Created ntfs-3g tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2093362]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2093360]


Created ntfs-3g-system-compression tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2093363]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2093361]


Created ntfs2btrfs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2093359]
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-09 07:15:49 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2023:2179 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2179
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2023-05-16 08:08:16 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2023:2757 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2757
Comment 5 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-05-17 01:41:10 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-2021-46790
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