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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>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 "&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>