Out-of-bounds Write Affecting pam_cifscreds package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.1% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-PAMCIFSCREDS-2806833
  • published3 May 2022
  • disclosed27 Apr 2022

Introduced: 27 Apr 2022

CVE-2022-27239  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (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.

In cifs-utils through 6.14, a stack-based buffer overflow when parsing the mount.cifs ip= command-line argument could lead to local attackers gaining root privileges.

CVSS Scores

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