Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting ntfs-3g package, versions <1:2015.3.14AR.1-1ubuntu0.3+esm1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-NTFS3G-1583054
  • published1 Sept 2021
  • disclosed7 Sept 2021

Introduced: 1 Sep 2021

CVE-2021-39257  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 ntfs-3g to version 1:2015.3.14AR.1-1ubuntu0.3+esm1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ntfs-3g package and not the ntfs-3g package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

A crafted NTFS image with an unallocated bitmap can lead to a endless recursive function call chain (starting from ntfs_attr_pwrite), causing stack consumption in NTFS-3G < 2021.8.22.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1