Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : NTFS-3G vulnerabilities (USN-8192-1)

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8192-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(309185);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/04/22");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-52890", "CVE-2026-40706");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"8192-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : NTFS-3G vulnerabilities (USN-8192-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8192-1 advisory.

    Jeffrey Bencteux discovered that NTFS-3G incorrectly handled certain UTF-8 sequences. An attacker could
    use this issue to cause NTFS-3G to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or to execute arbitrary code.
    This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-52890)

    Andrea Bocchetti discovered that NTFS-3G incorrectly handled certain security descriptors. An attacker
    could use this issue to cause NTFS-3G to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or to execute arbitrary
    code. (CVE-2026-40706)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8192-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-40706");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/06/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/04/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/04/22");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libntfs-3g89");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libntfs-3g89t64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ntfs-3g");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ntfs-3g-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2026 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');

if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('22.04' >< os_release || '24.04' >< os_release || '25.10' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 22.04 / 24.04 / 25.10', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libntfs-3g89', 'pkgver': '1:2021.8.22-3ubuntu1.3', 'cves': ['CVE-2023-52890', 'CVE-2026-40706']},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'ntfs-3g', 'pkgver': '1:2021.8.22-3ubuntu1.3', 'cves': ['CVE-2023-52890', 'CVE-2026-40706']},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'ntfs-3g-dev', 'pkgver': '1:2021.8.22-3ubuntu1.3', 'cves': ['CVE-2023-52890', 'CVE-2026-40706']},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libntfs-3g89t64', 'pkgver': '1:2022.10.3-1.2ubuntu3.1', 'cves': ['CVE-2023-52890', 'CVE-2026-40706']},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'ntfs-3g', 'pkgver': '1:2022.10.3-1.2ubuntu3.1', 'cves': ['CVE-2023-52890', 'CVE-2026-40706']},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'ntfs-3g-dev', 'pkgver': '1:2022.10.3-1.2ubuntu3.1', 'cves': ['CVE-2023-52890', 'CVE-2026-40706']},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'libntfs-3g89t64', 'pkgver': '1:2022.10.3-5ubuntu0.25.10.1', 'cves': ['CVE-2026-40706']},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'ntfs-3g', 'pkgver': '1:2022.10.3-5ubuntu0.25.10.1', 'cves': ['CVE-2026-40706']},
    {'osver': '25.10', 'pkgname': 'ntfs-3g-dev', 'pkgver': '1:2022.10.3-5ubuntu0.25.10.1', 'cves': ['CVE-2026-40706']}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var osver = NULL;
  var pkgname = NULL;
  var pkgver = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (deb_check(release:osver, prefix:pkgname, reference:pkgver, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = '';
  extra += ubuntu_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libntfs-3g89 / libntfs-3g89t64 / ntfs-3g / ntfs-3g-dev');
}