Information disclosure in cifs-utils - CVE-2022-29869

 

Information disclosure in cifs-utils - CVE-2022-29869

Published: April 29, 2022 / Updated: June 2, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU62702
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29869
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application in the stderr function when verbose logging is configured. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.


Affected software

cifs-utils
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Storage
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Ubuntu
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Fedora
cifs-utils (Ubuntu package)
cifs-utils (Debian package)
cifs-utils
cifs-utils-devel
cifs-utils-debugsource
cifs-utils-debuginfo
pam_cifscreds
pam_cifscreds-debuginfo
cifs-utils-help
net-fs/cifs-utils

How to mitigate CVE-2022-29869

Install update from vendor's website.

cifs-utils - update to 6.15
cifs-utils (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2:6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1, 2:6.4-1ubuntu1.1+esm1, 2:6.8-1ubuntu1.2, 2:6.9-1ubuntu0.2, 2:6.11-3.1ubuntu0.1, 2:6.14-1ubuntu0.1
cifs-utils (Debian package) - addressed in versions 2:6.8-2+deb10u1, 2:6.11-3.1+deb11u1
cifs-utils - addressed in versions 6.9-13.23.1, 6.9-150100.5.18.1, 6.15-150400.3.9.1
cifs-utils-devel - addressed in versions 6.9-13.23.1, 6.9-150100.5.18.1, 6.15-150400.3.9.1
cifs-utils-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.9-13.23.1, 6.9-150100.5.18.1, 6.15-150400.3.9.1
cifs-utils-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.9-13.23.1, 6.9-150100.5.18.1, 6.15-150400.3.9.1
pam_cifscreds - addressed in versions 6.9-150100.5.18.1, 6.15-150400.3.9.1
pam_cifscreds-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.9-150100.5.18.1, 6.15-150400.3.9.1
cifs-utils-help - update to 6.10-5
cifs-utils-devel - update to 6.10-5
cifs-utils-debugsource - update to 6.10-5
cifs-utils-debuginfo - update to 6.10-5
cifs-utils - update to 6.10-5
net-fs/cifs-utils - update to 6.15
cifs-utils - update to 6.15-1
cifs-utils - addressed in versions 6.15-1.fc34, 6.15-1.fc35, 6.15-1.fc36

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