msrc_cve-2021-20208
Vulnerability from csaf_microsoft
Published
2021-04-02 00:00
Modified
2023-03-10 00:00
Summary
A flaw was found in cifs-utils in versions before 6.13. A user when mounting a krb5 CIFS file system from within a container can use Kerberos credentials of the host. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.

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