CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-20208

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Apr 19, 2021 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
6.1
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
6.1 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
Ubuntu
LOW

A flaw was found in cifs-utils in versions before 6.13. A user when mounting a krb5 CIFS file system from within a container can use Kerberos credentials of the host. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Cifs-utils Samba 4.0 (including) 6.13 (excluding)
Cifs-utils Ubuntu bionic *
Cifs-utils Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Cifs-utils Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Cifs-utils Ubuntu focal *
Cifs-utils Ubuntu groovy *
Cifs-utils Ubuntu hirsute *
Cifs-utils Ubuntu precise/esm *
Cifs-utils Ubuntu trusty *
Cifs-utils Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Cifs-utils Ubuntu upstream *
Cifs-utils Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References