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Debian: DSA-5157-1 Critical: cifs-utils Escalation And Info Leak

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Calendar Grey June 3, 2022
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Security Alert DSA-5157-1 highlights vulnerabilities in cifs-utils leading to potential privilege escalation and data exposure. Immediate upgrade is recommended.
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 informat...

Summary

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/source-package/cifs-utils

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: cifs-utils
CVE ID: CVE-2022-27239 CVE-2022-29869

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