UbuntuUSN-5459-1cifs-utils vulnerabilities
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
72.8%
Releases
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 21.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
Packages
- cifs-utils - Common Internet File System utilities
Details
Aurélien Aptel discovered that cifs-utils invoked a shell when requesting a
password. In certain environments, a local attacker could possibly use this
issue to escalate privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-14342)
It was discovered that cifs-utils incorrectly used host credentials when
mounting a krb5 CIFS file system from within a container. An attacker
inside a container could possibly use this issue to obtain access to
sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu
20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-20208)
It was discovered that cifs-utils incorrectly handled certain command-line
arguments. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain root
privileges. (CVE-2022-27239)
It was discovered that cifs-utils incorrectly handled verbose logging. A
local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2022-29869)
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | cifs-utils | < 2:6.14-1ubuntu0.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 22.04 | noarch | cifs-utils-dbgsym | < 2:6.14-1ubuntu0.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 21.10 | noarch | cifs-utils | < 2:6.11-3.1ubuntu0.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 21.10 | noarch | cifs-utils-dbgsym | < 2:6.11-3.1ubuntu0.1 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | cifs-utils | < 2:6.9-1ubuntu0.2 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 20.04 | noarch | cifs-utils-dbgsym | < 2:6.9-1ubuntu0.2 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | cifs-utils | < 2:6.8-1ubuntu1.2 | UNKNOWN |
| Ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | cifs-utils-dbgsym | < 2:6.8-1ubuntu1.2 | UNKNOWN |
Related
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
72.8%