Out-of-bounds Write Affecting cifs-utils package, versions <2:6.14-1ubuntu0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-CIFSUTILS-2805786
  • published29 Apr 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?

Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04 cifs-utils to version 2:6.14-1ubuntu0.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 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 Base Scores

version 3.1