Upstream information

CVE-2017-0358 at MITRE

Description

Jann Horn of Google Project Zero discovered that NTFS-3G, a read-write NTFS driver for FUSE, does not scrub the environment before executing modprobe with elevated privileges. A local user can take advantage of this flaw for local root privilege escalation.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.2 6.9
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local Local
Access Complexity Low Medium
Authentication None None
Confidentiality Impact Complete Complete
Integrity Impact Complete Complete
Availability Impact Complete Complete
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3

Note from the SUSE Security Team

This issue does not affect SUSE Linux Enterprise or openSUSE as the binaries are not installed as setuid root.

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1022500 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1022999 [RESOLVED / DUPLICATE], 1086936 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • ntfs-3g >= 2011.4.12-0.9.3.1
  • ntfs-3g-devel >= 2011.4.12-0.9.3.1
  • ntfsprogs >= 2011.4.12-0.9.3.1
Patchnames:
sdksp4-ntfs-3g-13703
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • libntfs-3g-devel >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
  • libntfs-3g84 >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
  • ntfs-3g >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
  • ntfsprogs >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-2543
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-2543
SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP3-2018-2543
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
  • libntfs-3g-devel >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
  • libntfs-3g84 >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
  • ntfs-3g >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
  • ntfsprogs >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2018-2543
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2018-2543
SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP4-2018-2543
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • libntfs-3g-devel >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
  • libntfs-3g84 >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
  • ntfs-3g >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
  • ntfsprogs >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-2543
SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP3-2018-2543
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • libntfs-3g-devel >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
  • libntfs-3g84 >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
  • ntfs-3g >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
  • ntfsprogs >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2018-2543
SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP4-2018-2543
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • libntfs-3g-devel >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
  • libntfs-3g84 >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
  • ntfs-3g >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
  • ntfsprogs >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA libntfs-3g-devel-2013.1.13-5.6.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-2013.1.13-5.6.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5 GA libntfs-3g84-2013.1.13-5.6.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5 GA ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-2013.1.13-5.6.1
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2021-2965
SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP5-2021-2965
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
  • libntfs-3g-devel >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
  • libntfs-3g84 >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-2543
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4
  • libntfs-3g-devel >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
  • libntfs-3g84 >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2018-2543
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
  • libntfs-3g-devel >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
  • libntfs-3g84 >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA libntfs-3g-devel-2013.1.13-5.6.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 GA ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-2013.1.13-5.6.1
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2021-2965
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3
  • libntfs-3g84 >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
  • ntfs-3g >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
  • ntfsprogs >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP3-2018-2543
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4
  • libntfs-3g84 >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
  • ntfs-3g >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
  • ntfsprogs >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP4-2018-2543
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5
  • libntfs-3g84 >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
  • ntfs-3g >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
  • ntfsprogs >= 2013.1.13-5.3.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5 GA libntfs-3g84-2013.1.13-5.6.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5 GA ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-2013.1.13-5.6.1
SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP5-2021-2965


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Released
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 ntfs-3g Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 ntfs-3g Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 ntfs-3g Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 ntfs-3g Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 ntfs-3g Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 ntfs-3g Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 ntfs-3g Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 ntfs-3g Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 ntfs-3g Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 ntfs-3g Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 ntfs-3g Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 ntfs-3g Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4 ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs Released


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Jan 30 09:39:33 2017
CVE page last modified: Thu Jul 25 16:49:11 2024