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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-29869: Security patch for cifs-utils (ALAS-2023-1977)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-29869: Security patch for cifs-utils (ALAS-2023-1977)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
04/28/2022
Created
03/08/2023
Added
03/07/2023
Modified
03/07/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-cifs-utils
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-cifs-utils-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-cifs-utils-devel

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