QID 670868

QID 670868: EulerOS Security Update for cifs-utils (EulerOS-SA-2021-1284)

The SMB/CIFS protocol is a standard file sharing protocol widely deployed on Microsoft Windows machines. This package contains tools for mounting shares on Linux using the SMB/CIFS protocol. The tools in this package work in conjunction with support in the kernel to allow one to mount a SMB/CIFS share onto a client and use it as if it were a standard Linux file system. Security Fix(es): It 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.(CVE-2020-14342)
Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

An arbitrary attacker may exploit this vulnerability to compromise the system.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.4 severity.
  • Solution
    The Vendor has released a security update to fix the vulnerability. For more information please visit EulerOS-SA-2021-1284 for updates and patch information

    CVEs related to QID 670868

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    EulerOS-SA-2021-1284 EulerOS V2.0SP2 URL Logo developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2021-1284