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CVE-2022-27239

Publication date 27 April 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
cifs-utils 24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:6.14-1ubuntu0.1
21.10 impish
Fixed 2:6.11-3.1ubuntu0.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2:6.9-1ubuntu0.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2:6.8-1ubuntu1.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable
14.04 LTS trusty
Vulnerable

Patch details

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Package Patch details
cifs-utils

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-5459-1
    • cifs-utils vulnerabilities
    • 2 June 2022

Other references