SUSE-SU-2021:1455-1

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    SUSE-SU-2021:1455-1

    Published: 30 Apr 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for cifs-utils

    Details: This update for cifs-utils fixes the following security issues: - CVE-2021-20208: Fixed a potential kerberos auth leak escaping from container. (bsc#1183239) - CVE-2020-14342: Fixed a shell command injection vulnerability in mount.cifs. (bsc#1174477) This update for cifs-utils fixes the following issues: - Solve invalid directory mounting. When attempting to change the current working directory into non-existing directories, mount.cifs crashes. (bsc#1152930) - Fixed a bug where it was no longer possible to mount CIFS filesystem after the last maintenance update. (bsc#1184815)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20211455-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1152930, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174477, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1183239, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1184815, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14342, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20208

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cifs-utils

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/cifs-utils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOS

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.9-3.14.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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