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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: cifs-utils (CVE-2022-29869)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 173600

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of cifs-utils installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2022-29869 advisory.

 - cifs-utils through 6.14, with verbose logging, can cause an information leak when a file contains = (equal sign) characters but is not a valid credentials file. (CVE-2022-29869)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29869

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 173600

File Name: mariner_cifs-utils_CVE-2022-29869.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 3/28/2023

Updated: 3/28/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-29869

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:pam_cifscreds, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:cifs-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:cifs-utils, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:cifs-utils-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/28/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-29869