| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 970172 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| cifs-utils (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2:6.4-1+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 2:6.7-1+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2:6.8-2+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 2:6.11-3.1+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2:6.11-3.1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2:7.0-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2:7.0-2.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| cifs-utils | source | (unstable) | 2:6.11-1 | | | 970172 |
Notes
[buster] - cifs-utils <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - cifs-utils <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14442
https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2020-September/135747.html
https://git.samba.org/cifs-utils.git/?p=cifs-utils.git;a=commit;h=48a654e2e763fce24c22e1b9c695b42804bbdd4a
[jessie] - cifs-utils <postponed> (Minor issue)