Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting cifs-utils package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.09% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-CIFSUTILS-1252261
  • published 20 Apr 2021
  • disclosed 19 Apr 2021

How 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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.1 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    None
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SUSE

6.1 medium
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Red Hat

6.1 medium