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GLSA-201206-29 : mount-cifs: Multiple vulnerabilites
medium Nessus Plugin ID 59702
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Synopsis
The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201206-29 (mount-cifs: Multiple vulnerabilites)Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in mount-cifs. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact :
The vulnerabilities allow local users to cause a denial of service (mtab corruption) via a crafted string. Also, local users could mount a CIFS share on an arbitrary mountpoint, and gain privileges via a symlink attack on the mountpoint directory file.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
Gentoo has discontinued support for mount-cifs. We recommend that users unmerge mount-cifs:# emerge --unmerge 'net-fs/mount-cifs'
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 59702
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201206-29.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 6/26/2012
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.4
Temporal Score: 3.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mount-cifs, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/25/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-0547, CVE-2010-0787