USN-5459-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5459-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5459-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5459-1
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Published
2022-06-02T16:41:26.998203Z
Modified
2022-06-02T16:41:26.998203Z
Summary
cifs-utils vulnerabilities
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)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / cifs-utils

Package

Name
cifs-utils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cifs-utils@2:6.8-1ubuntu1.2?arch=src?distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:6.8-1ubuntu1.2

Affected versions

2:6.*

2:6.7-1
2:6.8-1
2:6.8-1ubuntu1
2:6.8-1ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "cifs-utils": "2:6.8-1ubuntu1.2",
            "cifs-utils-dbgsym": "2:6.8-1ubuntu1.2"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / cifs-utils

Package

Name
cifs-utils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cifs-utils@2:6.9-1ubuntu0.2?arch=src?distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:6.9-1ubuntu0.2

Affected versions

2:6.*

2:6.9-0ubuntu1
2:6.9-1
2:6.9-1ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "cifs-utils": "2:6.9-1ubuntu0.2",
            "cifs-utils-dbgsym": "2:6.9-1ubuntu0.2"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / cifs-utils

Package

Name
cifs-utils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cifs-utils@2:6.14-1ubuntu0.1?arch=src?distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:6.14-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2:6.*

2:6.11-3.1
2:6.14-1
2:6.14-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "cifs-utils": "2:6.14-1ubuntu0.1",
            "cifs-utils-dbgsym": "2:6.14-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}