High severity · published Apr 27, 2022
CVE-2022-27239
In cifs-utils through 6.14, a stack-based buffer overflow when parsing the mount.cifs ip= command-line argument could lead to local attackers gaining root privileges
7.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In cifs-utils through 6.14, a stack-based buffer overflow when parsing the mount.cifs ip= command-line argument could lead to local attackers gaining root privileges.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 47% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CP
Caas Platform · Suse
4.0 · source: NVD
CI
Cifs-utils · Samba
before 6.15 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
ES
Enterprise Storage · Suse
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
34; 35; 36 · source: NVD
HO
Helion Openstack · HP
8.0 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Desktop · Suse
15; 15 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing · Suse
12.0; 15.0; 15.0; 15.0; 15.0; 15.0; +2 more · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Micro · Suse
5.2; 5.2 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Point OF Service · Suse
11.0 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Real Time · Suse
15.0 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
11; 11; 12; 12; 12; 12; +14 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27239
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27239
Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.robotz.com/index.php/Linux_CIFS_Utils_and_Samba
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15025
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1197216
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/piastry/cifs-utils/pull/7
Patch
https://github.com/piastry/cifs-utils/pull/7/commits/955fb147e97a6a74e1aaa65766de91e2c1479765
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00020.html
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