Out-of-bounds Write Affecting ntfsprogs package, versions <2021.8.22-3.8.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.05% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-NTFSPROGS-2665833
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed7 Sept 2021

Introduced: 7 Sep 2021

CVE-2021-39256  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 ntfsprogs to version 2021.8.22-3.8.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ntfsprogs package and not the ntfsprogs package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

A crafted NTFS image can cause a heap-based buffer overflow in ntfs_inode_lookup_by_name in NTFS-3G < 2021.8.22.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1