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GLSA-202311-05 : LinuxCIFS utils: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202311-05 (LinuxCIFS utils: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

 - In cifs-utils through 6.14, a stack-based buffer overflow when parsing the mount.cifs ip= command-line argument could lead to local attackers gaining root privileges. (CVE-2022-27239)

 - 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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

All LinuxCIFS utils users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=net-fs/cifs-utils-6.15

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-05

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=842234

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 186240

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202311-05.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 11/24/2023

Updated: 11/24/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-27239

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:cifs-utils, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/24/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/27/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-27239, CVE-2022-29869