<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201612-08"> <title>LinuxCIFS utils: Buffer overflow</title> <synopsis>A vulnerability in LinuxCIFS utils' "cifscreds" PAM module might allow remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via unknown vectors. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">cifs-utils</product> <announced>2016-12-04</announced> <revised count="1">2016-12-04</revised> <bug>552634</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="net-fs/cifs-utils" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">6.4</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">6.4</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>The LinuxCIFS utils are a collection of tools for managing Linux CIFS Client Filesystems. </p> </background> <description> <p>A stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in cifskey.c or cifscreds.c in LinuxCIFS, as used in “pam_cifscreds.” </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an unspecified impact. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>Don’t use LinuxCIFS utils’ “cifscreds” PAM module. In Gentoo, LinuxCIFS utils’ PAM support is disabled by default unless the “pam” USE flag is enabled. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All LinuxCIFS utils users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-fs/cifs-utils-6.4" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2830">CVE-2014-2830</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2016-02-25T07:13:41Z"> BlueKnight </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2016-12-04T11:02:29Z">whissi</metadata> </glsa>