Information Exposure Affecting cifs-utils package, versions <2:5.3-2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-CIFSUTILS-315084
  • published 27 Aug 2012
  • disclosed 27 Aug 2012

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 cifs-utils to version 2:5.3-2 or higher.

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.

mount.cifs in cifs-utils 2.6 allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files or directories via the file path in the second argument, which reveals their existence in an error message.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

4 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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Red Hat

3.3 low