| Name | CVE-2012-1586 |
| Description | mount.cifs in cifs-utils 2.6 allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files or directories via the file path in the second argument, which reveals their existence in an error message. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 665923 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| cifs-utils (PTS) | bullseye | 2:6.11-3.1+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2:6.11-3.1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2:7.0-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2:7.0-2.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| cifs-utils | source | (unstable) | 2:5.3-2 | unimportant | | 665923 |
Notes
Harmless information leak, if a user can perform arbitrary CIFS mounts they probably
can do a lot more with this