Several security issues were fixed in cifs-utils.
It was discovered that cifs-utils incorrectly handled certain command-line arguments. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain root privileges. (CVE-2022-27239)
Aurélien Aptel discovered that cifs-utils invoked a shell when requesting a
password. In certain environments, a local attacker could possibly use this
issue to escalate privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-14342)
It was discovered that cifs-utils incorrectly used host credentials when
mounting a krb5 CIFS file system from within a container. An attacker
inside a container could possibly use this issue to obtain access to
sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu
20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-20208)
It was discovered that cifs-utils incorrectly handled certain command-line
arguments. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain root
privileges. (CVE-2022-27239)
It was discovered that cifs-utils incorrectly handled verbose logging. A
local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2022-29869)
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