Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 9, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2020-14342
CVE-2020-14342
Description
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.
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Affected products
14- osv-coords12 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/cifs-utils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/cifs-utils&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/cifs-utils&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/cifs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/cifs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/cifs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/cifs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/cifs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/cifs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/cifs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/cifs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/cifs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5
< 6.9-lp151.4.7.1+ 11 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.9-lp151.4.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.9-lp152.2.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.13-1.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.9-3.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.9-3.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.9-5.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.9-5.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.9-13.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.9-3.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.9-13.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.9-3.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.9-13.11.1
- samba/cifs-utilsv5Range: 6.11
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00109.htmlmitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DUMRICFXJVCBBOSKZSKT3HFVQM6VPJU3/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JBNFSTJOQWVPFZAUJNNMAPY45PW5RTTE/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-16mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2020-September/135747.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
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