Debian DLA-3009-1 : cifs-utils - LTS security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 161218

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3009 advisory.

- 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. (CVE-2022-27239)

- cifs-utils through 6.14, with verbose logging, can cause an information leak when a file contains = (equal sign) characters but is not a valid credentials file. (CVE-2022-29869)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the cifs-utils packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 2

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1010818

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/cifs-utils

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-3009

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-27239

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-29869

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/cifs-utils

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 161218

File Name: debian_DLA-3009.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/16/2022

Updated: 5/16/2022

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-27239

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cifs-utils, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/27/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-27239, CVE-2022-29869