Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting cifs-utils package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.09% (39th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-CIFSUTILS-1252261
- published 20 Apr 2021
- disclosed 19 Apr 2021
Introduced: 19 Apr 2021
CVE-2021-20208 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:10 cifs-utils.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cifs-utils package and not the cifs-utils package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
A flaw was found in cifs-utils in versions before 6.13. A user when mounting a krb5 CIFS file system from within a container can use Kerberos credentials of the host. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-20208
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2W4HSDIWXXNQBUW5ZS37RQMLJ7THK5AS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/66WJ3SVBHCSNQZAWSGLB6FBOCFU45FFG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z4BZSJXROEFHYATAAHHRR6P3HUSMPQB3/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1921116
- https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14651
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2W4HSDIWXXNQBUW5ZS37RQMLJ7THK5AS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/66WJ3SVBHCSNQZAWSGLB6FBOCFU45FFG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z4BZSJXROEFHYATAAHHRR6P3HUSMPQB3/
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