Out-of-bounds Write Affecting cifs-utils-debugsource package, versions <0:6.15-1.amzn2022


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2022-CIFSUTILSDEBUGSOURCE-2999660
  • published29 Aug 2022
  • disclosed27 Apr 2022

Introduced: 27 Apr 2022

CVE-2022-27239  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2022 cifs-utils-debugsource to version 0:6.15-1.amzn2022 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2022-2022-089.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cifs-utils-debugsource package and not the cifs-utils-debugsource package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2022 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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