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Ubuntu 22.04 USN-5459-1 Critical cifs-utils Security Alert

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Calendar Grey June 2, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Address vulnerabilities discovered in cifs-utils for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and previous versions. Implement enhancements to reinforce system security and safeguard sensitive information.
Several security issues were fixed in cifs-utils.

Summary

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security advisory software update privilege escalation ubuntu sensitive information cifs-utils command-line arguments

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: cifs-utils 2:6.14-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 21.10: cifs-utils 2:6.11-3.1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: cifs-utils 2:6.9-1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: cifs-utils 2:6.8-1ubuntu1.2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5459-1

CVE-2020-14342, CVE-2021-20208, CVE-2022-27239, CVE-2022-29869

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June 02, 2022

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security advisory software update privilege escalation ubuntu sensitive information cifs-utils command-line arguments

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cifs-utils/2:6.14-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cifs-utils/2:6.11-3.1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cifs-utils/2:6.9-1ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cifs-utils/2:6.8-1ubuntu1.2

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