Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting pam_cifscreds package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.09% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-PAMCIFSCREDS-1351164
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed12 Apr 2021

Introduced: 12 Apr 2021

CVE-2021-20208  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-266  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 pam_cifscreds.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pam_cifscreds package and not the pam_cifscreds package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 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