CVE-2007-5159 (GCVE-0-2007-5159)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-10-01 00:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 18:24
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-li… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26938 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
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