CVE-2020-14342

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-14342
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-09-09 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:17:00 UTC
DescriptionIt was found that cifs-utils' mount.cifs was invoking a shell when requesting the Samba password, which could be used to inject arbitrary commands. An attacker able to invoke mount.cifs with special permission, such as via sudo rules, could use this flaw to escalate their privileges.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Application Samba Cifs-utils All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: cifs-utils-6.11-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
1860884 – (CVE-2020-14342) CVE-2020-14342 cifs-utils: shell command injection in mount.cifs CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cifs-utils release 6.11 ready for download MISC lists.samba.org Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1579-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: cifs-utils-6.11-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: cifs-utils-6.11-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: cifs-utils-6.11-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
LinuxCIFS: Shell injection (GLSA 202009-16) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 174970 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for cifs-utils (SUSE-SU-2021:1455-1)
  • 198816 Ubuntu Security Notification for cifs-utils Vulnerabilities (USN-5459-1)
  • 501391 Alpine Linux Security Update for cifs-utils
  • 670868 EulerOS Security Update for cifs-utils (EulerOS-SA-2021-1284)
  • 750237 OpenSUSE Security Update for cifs-utils (openSUSE-SU-2021:0639-1)
  • 750613 OpenSUSE Security Update for cifs-utils (openSUSE-SU-2020:1579-1)
  • 900174 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for cifs-utils 6.8
  • 901503 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for cifs-utils (6353-1)
  • 903068 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for cifs-utils (2203)
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