CVE-2022-29869

Publication date 28 April 2022

Last updated 7 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
cifs-utils 25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:6.14-1ubuntu0.1
21.10 impish
Fixed 2:6.11-3.1ubuntu0.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2:6.9-1ubuntu0.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2:6.8-1ubuntu1.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2:6.4-1ubuntu1.1+esm1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2:6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
cifs-utils

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.3 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-5459-1
    • cifs-utils vulnerabilities
    • 2 June 2022
    • USN-7688-1
    • cifs-utils vulnerabilities
    • 7 August 2025

Other references