{"id":"USN-3914-2","summary":"ntfs-3g update","details":"USN-3914-1 fixed vulnerabilities in NTFS-3G. As an additional hardening\nmeasure, this update removes the setuid bit from the ntfs-3g binary.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n A heap buffer overflow was discovered in NTFS-3G when executing it with a\n relative mount point path that is too long. A local attacker could\n potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code as the administrator.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:54:48.877238Z","published":"2019-04-17T18:13:15Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3914-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1821250"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ntfs-3g","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ntfs-3g@1:2015.3.14AR.1-1ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:2015.3.14AR.1-1ubuntu0.3"}]}],"versions":["1:2014.2.15AR.3-3","1:2015.3.14AR.1-1","1:2015.3.14AR.1-1build1","1:2015.3.14AR.1-1ubuntu0.1","1:2015.3.14AR.1-1ubuntu0.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"ntfs-3g","binary_version":"1:2015.3.14AR.1-1ubuntu0.3"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3914-2.json","cves_map":{"cves":[],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"}}},{"package":{"name":"ntfs-3g","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ntfs-3g@1:2017.3.23-2ubuntu0.18.04.2?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:2017.3.23-2ubuntu0.18.04.2"}]}],"versions":["1:2016.2.22AR.2-2","1:2017.3.23-2","1:2017.3.23-2ubuntu0.18.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libntfs-3g88","binary_version":"1:2017.3.23-2ubuntu0.18.04.2"},{"binary_name":"ntfs-3g","binary_version":"1:2017.3.23-2ubuntu0.18.04.2"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3914-2.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}