Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2014-2830 is a stack-based buffer overflow in cifs-utils before 6.4, involving cifskey.c or cifscreds.c as used in pam_cifscreds. The public record says remote attackers may have unspecified impact through unknown vectors. Business urgency depends on whether legacy Linux systems still run affected cifs-utils components. Exposure is most likely on older Linux systems or appliances that installed cifs-utils before 6.4 and use pam_cifscreds, cifscreds, or cifskey for CIFS credential handling. The bundle does not identify specific distributions, package builds, or configurations beyond vendor advisory references. Treat this as a legacy exposure cleanup item unless affected systems are internet-facing or critical. The vulnerability class is serious, but the public bundle lacks severity scoring, exploit evidence, and concrete impact details. Confirm whether old cifs-utils remains present before escalating. Mitigation focus: Upgrade cifs-utils to version 6.4 or a vendor-fixed package.; Check distribution advisories for backported fixes covering CVE-2014-2830.; Prioritize systems using pam_cifscreds or CIFS credential utilities..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- [samba-technical] 20140711 ANNOUNCE: cifs-utils release 6.4 ready for downloadCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13386CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1086224CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=870168CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- GLSA-201612-08CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
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