UBUNTU-CVE-2012-1586

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1586
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-1586.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-1586
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:45Z
Published
2012-08-27T23:55:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:16:01.457121Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / cifs-utils

Package

Name
cifs-utils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cifs-utils@2:6.4-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:6.4-1ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

2:6.*

2:6.4-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "cifs-utils",
            "binary_version": "2:6.4-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "cifs-utils-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2:6.4-1ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-1586.json"