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openSUSE Security Update : cifs-utils (openSUSE-2021-639)

high Nessus Plugin ID 149598

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

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)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected cifs-utils packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1152930

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1174477

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1183239

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1184815

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 149598

File Name: openSUSE-2021-639.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/18/2021

Updated: 1/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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:opensuse:pam_cifscreds-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cifs-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pam_cifscreds, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cifs-utils-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cifs-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cifs-utils-devel

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

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