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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2020-14342: cifs-utils security update

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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2020-14342: cifs-utils security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/09/2020
Created
02/03/2021
Added
02/03/2021
Modified
02/03/2021

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.

Solution(s)

  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-cifs-utils

References

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