DSA-5157-1 cifs-utils -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5157-1 cifs-utils -- security update

Date Reported:

03 Jun 2022

Affected Packages:

cifs-utils

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 1010818.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-27239, CVE-2022-29869.

More information:

Jeffrey Bencteux reported two vulnerabilities in cifs-utils, the Common Internet File System utilities, which can result in escalation of privileges (CVE-2022-27239) or an information leak (CVE-2022-29869).

For the oldstable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 2:6.8-2+deb10u1.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 2:6.11-3.1+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your cifs-utils packages.

For the detailed security status of cifs-utils please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/cifs-utils