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<?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>Dont 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 "&gt;=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>