Vulnerability · Published Apr 28, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-29869
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the cifs-utils package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.9% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.9%top 20.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | cifs-utils | 6.15-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-29869 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | cifs-utils | 6.15-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-29869 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | cifs-utils | 6.15-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-29869 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | cifs-utils | 6.15-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-29869 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | cifs-utils | 6.15-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-29869 |
| Debian:12 | cifs-utils | 2:6.14-1.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-29869 |
| Debian:13 | cifs-utils | 2:6.14-1.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-29869 |
| Debian:14 | cifs-utils | 2:6.14-1.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-29869 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | cifs-utils | 2:6.14-1ubuntu0.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-29869 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | cifs-utils | 2:6.14-1ubuntu0.1 | USN-5459-1 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/piastry/cifs-utils/pull/7
- https://github.com/piastry/cifs-utils/commit/8acc963a2e7e9d63fe1f2e7f73f5a03f83d9c379
- FEDORA-2022-eb2d3ca94d vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2022-7fda04ab5a vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2022-34de4f833d vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220516 [SECURITY] [DLA 3009-1] cifs-utils security update mailing-list
- DSA-5157 vendor-advisory
- GLSA-202311-05 vendor-advisory