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Ubuntu 24.10: USN-7536-1 critical: cifs-utils sensitive data exposure

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Calendar Grey May 27, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
cifs-utils reveals confidential data across multiple Ubuntu editions. Promptly upgrade to resolve this vulnerability.
cifs-utils could be made to expose sensitive information.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.10 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: cifs-utils could be made to expose sensitive information. Software Description: - cifs-utils: Common Internet File System utilities Details: It was discovered that cifs-utils incorrectly handled namespaces when obtaining Kerberos credentials. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue ubuntu sensitive information Kerberos cifs-utils

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.10 cifs-utils 2:7.0-2.1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS cifs-utils 2:7.0-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS cifs-utils 2:6.14-1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS cifs-utils 2:6.9-1ubuntu0.3 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7536-1

CVE-2025-2312

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7536-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue ubuntu sensitive information Kerberos cifs-utils

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cifs-utils/2:7.0-2.1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cifs-utils/2:7.0-2ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cifs-utils/2:6.14-1ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cifs-utils/2:6.9-1ubuntu0.3

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