Stack-based buffer overflow in cifs-utils - CVE-2014-2830
Published: June 2, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU63955
CSH Severity: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2830
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
cifs-utils
cifs-utils
Software vendor:
Distrotech
Distrotech
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in cifskey.c or cifscreds.c in cifs-utils. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0242.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/96
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:114
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13386
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=870168
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1086224
- https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2014-July/101132.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-08