{"id":"USN-7688-1","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. (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. (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)","modified":"2026-02-10T04:49:42Z","published":"2025-08-07T09:24:31Z","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-7688-1"},{"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:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/cifs-utils@2:6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1"}]}],"versions":["2:6.0-1ubuntu2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2:6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1","binary_name":"cifs-utils"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"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":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2020-14342"},{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2021-20208"},{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2022-27239"},{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2022-29869"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-7688-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"cifs-utils","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/cifs-utils@2:6.4-1ubuntu1.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:6.4-1ubuntu1.1+esm1"}]}],"versions":["2:6.4-1ubuntu1","2:6.4-1ubuntu1.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2:6.4-1ubuntu1.1+esm1","binary_name":"cifs-utils"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"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":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2020-14342"},{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2021-20208"},{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2022-27239"},{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2022-29869"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-7688-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}