Vulnerability · Published Sep 7, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2021-35268

Medium 6.7

In plain English

A medium-severity improper input validation in the SLOF package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 58.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In NTFS-3G versions < 2021.8.22, when a specially crafted NTFS inode is loaded in the function ntfs_inode_real_open, a heap buffer overflow can occur allowing for code execution and escalation of privileges.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8SLOF20210217-1.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8hivex1.3.18-23.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8hivex-devel1.3.18-23.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libguestfs1:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libguestfs-appliance1:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libguestfs-bash-completion1:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libguestfs-devel1:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libguestfs-gfs21:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libguestfs-gobject1:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libguestfs-gobject-devel1:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libguestfs-inspect-icons1:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libguestfs-java1:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libguestfs-java-devel1:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libguestfs-javadoc1:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libguestfs-man-pages-ja1:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libguestfs-man-pages-uk1:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libguestfs-rescue1:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libguestfs-rsync1:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libguestfs-tools1:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libguestfs-tools-c1:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libguestfs-winsupport8.6-1.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libguestfs-xfs1:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libiscsi1.18.0-8.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libiscsi-devel1.18.0-8.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libiscsi-utils1.18.0-8.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libnbd1.6.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libnbd-bash-completion1.6.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libnbd-devel1.6.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libtpms0.9.1-0.20211126git1ff6fe1f43.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libtpms-devel0.9.1-0.20211126git1ff6fe1f43.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-client8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-daemon8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-daemon-config-network8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-daemon-driver-interface8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-daemon-driver-network8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-daemon-driver-secret8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-daemon-driver-storage8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-daemon-kvm8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-dbus1.3.0-2.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-devel8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-docs8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-libs8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-lock-sanlock8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-nss8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8libvirt-wireshark8.0.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8lua-guestfs1:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8nbdfuse1.6.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8nbdkit1.24.0-4.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8nbdkit-bash-completion1.24.0-4.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8nbdkit-basic-filters1.24.0-4.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8nbdkit-basic-plugins1.24.0-4.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8nbdkit-curl-plugin1.24.0-4.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8nbdkit-devel1.24.0-4.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8nbdkit-example-plugins1.24.0-4.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8nbdkit-gzip-filter1.24.0-4.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8nbdkit-gzip-plugin1.24.0-4.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8nbdkit-linuxdisk-plugin1.24.0-4.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8nbdkit-nbd-plugin1.24.0-4.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8nbdkit-python-plugin1.24.0-4.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8nbdkit-server1.24.0-4.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8nbdkit-ssh-plugin1.24.0-4.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8nbdkit-tar-filter1.24.0-4.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8nbdkit-tar-plugin1.24.0-4.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8nbdkit-tmpdisk-plugin1.24.0-4.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8nbdkit-vddk-plugin1.24.0-4.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8nbdkit-xz-filter1.24.0-4.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8netcf0.2.8-12.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8netcf-devel0.2.8-12.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8netcf-libs0.2.8-12.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8ocaml-hivex1.3.18-23.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8ocaml-hivex-devel1.3.18-23.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8ocaml-libguestfs1:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8ocaml-libguestfs-devel1:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8ocaml-libnbd1.6.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8ocaml-libnbd-devel1.6.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8perl-Sys-Guestfs1:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8perl-Sys-Virt8.0.0-1.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8perl-hivex1.3.18-23.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8python3-hivex1.3.18-23.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8python3-libguestfs1:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8python3-libnbd1.6.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8python3-libvirt8.0.0-1.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8qemu-guest-agent15:6.2.0-11.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8qemu-img15:6.2.0-11.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8qemu-kvm15:6.2.0-11.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8qemu-kvm-block-curl15:6.2.0-11.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8qemu-kvm-block-gluster15:6.2.0-11.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8qemu-kvm-block-iscsi15:6.2.0-11.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8qemu-kvm-block-rbd15:6.2.0-11.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8qemu-kvm-block-ssh15:6.2.0-11.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8qemu-kvm-common15:6.2.0-11.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8qemu-kvm-core15:6.2.0-11.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8qemu-kvm-docs15:6.2.0-11.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8qemu-kvm-hw-usbredir15:6.2.0-11.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8qemu-kvm-tests15:6.2.0-11.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8qemu-kvm-ui-opengl15:6.2.0-11.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8qemu-kvm-ui-spice15:6.2.0-11.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8ruby-hivex1.3.18-23.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8ruby-libguestfs1:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8seabios1.15.0-2.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8seabios-bin1.15.0-2.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8seavgabios-bin1.15.0-2.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8sgabios1:0.20170427git-3.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8sgabios-bin1:0.20170427git-3.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8supermin5.2.1-1.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8supermin-devel5.2.1-1.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8swtpm0.7.0-1.20211109gitb79fd91.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8swtpm-devel0.7.0-1.20211109gitb79fd91.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8swtpm-libs0.7.0-1.20211109gitb79fd91.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8swtpm-tools0.7.0-1.20211109gitb79fd91.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8swtpm-tools-pkcs110.7.0-1.20211109gitb79fd91.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8virt-dib1:1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.almaALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8virt-v2v1:1.42.0-18.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8virt-v2v-bash-completion1:1.42.0-18.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8virt-v2v-man-pages-ja1:1.42.0-18.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
AlmaLinux:8virt-v2v-man-pages-uk1:1.42.0-18.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703ALSA-2022:1759
Debian:12ntfs-3g1:2021.8.22-2DEBIAN-CVE-2021-35268
Debian:13ntfs-3g1:2021.8.22-2DEBIAN-CVE-2021-35268
Debian:14ntfs-3g1:2021.8.22-2DEBIAN-CVE-2021-35268
Rocky Linux:8hivex0:1.3.18-23.module+el8.6.0+847+b490afddRLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8hivex0:1.3.18-23.module+el8.7.0+1084+97b81f61RLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8libguestfs1:1.44.0-5.module+el8.6.0+1052+ff61d164.rockyRLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8libguestfs-winsupport0:8.6-1.module+el8.7.0+1084+97b81f61RLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8libguestfs-winsupport0:8.6-1.module+el8.6.0+847+b490afddRLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8libiscsi0:1.18.0-8.module+el8.7.0+1084+97b81f61RLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8libiscsi0:1.18.0-8.module+el8.6.0+847+b490afddRLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8libiscsi0:1.18.0-8.module+el8.4.0+534+4680a14eRLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8libnbd0:1.6.0-5.module+el8.6.0+847+b490afddRLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8libnbd0:1.6.0-5.module+el8.7.0+1084+97b81f61RLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8libtpms0:0.9.1-0.20211126git1ff6fe1f43.module+el8.6.0+1052+ff61d164RLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8libvirt0:8.0.0-5.module+el8.6.0+847+b490afddRLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8libvirt-dbus0:1.3.0-2.module+el8.6.0+847+b490afddRLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8libvirt-dbus0:1.3.0-2.module+el8.7.0+1084+97b81f61RLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8libvirt-dbus0:1.3.0-2.module+el8.4.0+534+4680a14eRLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8libvirt-python0:8.0.0-1.module+el8.6.0+847+b490afddRLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8nbdkit0:1.24.0-4.module+el8.6.0+847+b490afddRLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8netcf0:0.2.8-12.module+el8.4.0+534+4680a14eRLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8netcf0:0.2.8-12.module+el8.7.0+1084+97b81f61RLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8netcf0:0.2.8-12.module+el8.6.0+847+b490afddRLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8perl-Sys-Virt0:8.0.0-1.module+el8.6.0+847+b490afddRLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8perl-Sys-Virt0:8.0.0-1.module+el8.7.0+1084+97b81f61RLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8qemu-kvm5:6.2.0-11.module+el8.6.0+1000+18e3b59f.5RLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8seabios0:1.15.0-2.module+el8.6.0+1052+ff61d164RLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8sgabios1:0.20170427git-3.module+el8.6.0+847+b490afddRLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8sgabios1:0.20170427git-3.module+el8.7.0+1084+97b81f61RLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8sgabios1:0.20170427git-3.module+el8.4.0+534+4680a14eRLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8supermin0:5.2.1-1.module+el8.6.0+1052+ff61d164RLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8swtpm0:0.7.0-1.20211109gitb79fd91.module+el8.6.0+847+b490afddRLSA-2022:1759
Rocky Linux:8virt-v2v1:1.42.0-18.module+el8.6.0+847+b490afddRLSA-2022:1759
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSntfs-3g1:2017.3.23AR.3-3ubuntu5UBUNTU-CVE-2021-35268

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
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Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References