Buffer overflow in HP Helion OpenStack
CVE-2022-27239
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (46.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- HP Helion OpenStack — versions 8.0
- Samba Cifs-Utils
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0, 10.0, 11.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 34, 35, 36
- SUSE Caas Platform — versions 4.0
- SUSE Enterprise Storage — versions 6.0, 7.0
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop — versions 15
- SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing — versions 12.0, 15.0
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro — versions 5.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Point Of Service — versions 11.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- wiki.robotz.com/index.php/Linux_CIFS_Utils_and_Samba (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/piastry/cifs-utils/pull/7/commits/955fb147e97a6a74e1aaa65766de91e2c1… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/piastry/cifs-utils/pull/7 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00020.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5157 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-27239?
- CVE-2022-27239 is a high-severity vulnerability in HP Helion OpenStack, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-04-27.
- How severe is CVE-2022-27239?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.