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cifs-utils — security advisory
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.
- Products
- cifs-utils
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2:5.3-2
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-1586
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:43 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1586
cifs-utils
Fixed versions: 2:5.3-2
cifs-utils
Fixed versions: 2:5.3-2
cifs-utils
Fixed versions: 2:5.3-2
Complete source record
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