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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-27239: Security patch for cifs-utils (ALAS-2023-1698)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-27239: Security patch for cifs-utils (ALAS-2023-1698)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/27/2022
Created
03/09/2023
Added
03/07/2023
Modified
03/07/2023

Description

In cifs-utils through 6.14, a stack-based buffer overflow when parsing the mount.cifs ip= command-line argument could lead to local attackers gaining root privileges.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-cifs-utils

References

  • ALAS-2023-1698
  • CVE-2022-27239
  • USN-5459-1

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