CVE-2007-5159

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.

🔗 References (8)

• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/26938
• cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=298651
• cve@mitrehttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-list/2007-September/msg00163.html
• cve@mitrehttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00368.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/26938
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=298651
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-list/2007-September/msg00163.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00368.html