Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2014-2830

critical Nessus Plugin ID 218332

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- Stack-based buffer overflow in cifskey.c or cifscreds.c in cifs-utils before 6.4, as used in pam_cifscreds, allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors. (CVE-2014-2830)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 218332

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2014_2830.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 8/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-2830

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:samba, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cifs-utils, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:samba3x, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cifs-utils, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:samba3x, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cifs-utils, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2830

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