{"id":"USN-5459-1","summary":"cifs-utils vulnerabilities","details":"Aurélien Aptel discovered that cifs-utils invoked a shell when requesting a\npassword. In certain environments, a local attacker could possibly use this\nissue to escalate privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and\nUbuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-14342)\n\nIt was discovered that cifs-utils incorrectly used host credentials when\nmounting a krb5 CIFS file system from within a container. An attacker\ninside a container could possibly use this issue to obtain access to\nsensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu\n20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-20208)\n\nIt was discovered that cifs-utils incorrectly handled certain command-line\narguments. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain root\nprivileges. (CVE-2022-27239)\n\nIt was discovered that cifs-utils incorrectly handled verbose logging. A\nlocal attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive\ninformation. (CVE-2022-29869)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:42:38Z","published":"2022-06-02T16:41:26Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14342","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20208","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27239","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-29869"],"upstream":["CVE-2020-14342","CVE-2021-20208","CVE-2022-27239","CVE-2022-29869","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14342","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20208","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27239","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-29869"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5459-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-14342"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20208"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-27239"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-29869"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cifs-utils","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/cifs-utils@2:6.8-1ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:6.8-1ubuntu1.2"}]}],"versions":["2:6.7-1","2:6.8-1","2:6.8-1ubuntu1","2:6.8-1ubuntu1.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2:6.8-1ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"cifs-utils"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5459-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2020-14342","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]},{"id":"CVE-2021-20208","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]},{"id":"CVE-2022-27239","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2022-29869","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"}}},{"package":{"name":"cifs-utils","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/cifs-utils@2:6.9-1ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:6.9-1ubuntu0.2"}]}],"versions":["2:6.9-0ubuntu1","2:6.9-1","2:6.9-1ubuntu0.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2:6.9-1ubuntu0.2","binary_name":"cifs-utils"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5459-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2020-14342","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]},{"id":"CVE-2021-20208","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]},{"id":"CVE-2022-27239","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2022-29869","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS"}}},{"package":{"name":"cifs-utils","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/cifs-utils@2:6.14-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=jammy"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:6.14-1ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["2:6.11-3.1","2:6.14-1","2:6.14-1build1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2:6.14-1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"cifs-utils"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5459-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2022-27239","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2022-29869","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}