Medium severity · published Apr 28, 2022
CVE-2022-29869
cifs-utils through 6.14, with verbose logging, can cause an information leak when a file contains = (equal sign) characters but is not a valid credentials file
5.3
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
cifs-utils through 6.14, with verbose logging, can cause an information leak when a file contains = (equal sign) characters but is not a valid credentials file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CI
Cifs-utils · Samba
before 6.15 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
34; 35; 36 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29869
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29869
Patch
https://github.com/piastry/cifs-utils/commit/8acc963a2e7e9d63fe1f2e7f73f5a03f83d9c379
Patch
https://github.com/piastry/cifs-utils/pull/7
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00020.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5WBOLMANBYJILXQKRRK7OCR774PXJAYY/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HXKZLJYJJEC3TIBFLXUORRMZUKG5W676/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QIYZ4L6SLSYJQ446VJAO2VGAESURQNSP/
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