SUSE SLES15 Security Update : cifs-utils (SUSE-SU-2021:1455-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 149224

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for cifs-utils fixes the following security issues :

CVE-2021-20208: Fixed a potential kerberos auth leak escaping from container. (bsc#1183239)

CVE-2020-14342: Fixed a shell command injection vulnerability in mount.cifs. (bsc#1174477)

This update for cifs-utils fixes the following issues :

Solve invalid directory mounting. When attempting to change the current working directory into non-existing directories, mount.cifs crashes. (bsc#1152930)

Fixed a bug where it was no longer possible to mount CIFS filesystem after the last maintenance update. (bsc#1184815)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2021-1455=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2021-1455=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2021-1455=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2021-1455=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 149224

File Name: suse_SU-2021-1455-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/3/2021

Updated: 1/2/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20208

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14342

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cifs-utils-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cifs-utils-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cifs-utils-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cifs-utils

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14342, CVE-2021-20208

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