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Alpine: multiple cifs-utils packages: security update to 6.13-r0
high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423772
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:- It was found that cifs-utils' mount.cifs was invoking a shell when requesting the Samba password, which
could be used to inject arbitrary commands. An attacker able to invoke mount.cifs with special permission,
such as via sudo rules, could use this flaw to escalate their privileges. (CVE-2020-14342)
- 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. (CVE-2021-20208)
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 423772
Version: Revision 1.7
Type: Local
Published: 4/4/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.9
Percentile: 57.12
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.9
Temporal Score: 3.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20208
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7
Temporal Score: 6.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14342
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-14342, CVE-2021-20208