Improper Input Validation Affecting cifs-utils-debugsource package, versions <0:6.15-1.amzn2022.0.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2022-CIFSUTILSDEBUGSOURCE-3104469
  • published4 Nov 2022
  • disclosed28 Apr 2022

Introduced: 28 Apr 2022

CVE-2022-29869  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2022 cifs-utils-debugsource to version 0:6.15-1.amzn2022.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2022-2022-204.

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.

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.

CVSS Scores

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