A LinuxCIFS security update has been released for Gentoo Linux.

gentoo-announce: GLSA 202009-16 : LinuxCIFS: Shell injection

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202009-16
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  https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: LinuxCIFS: Shell injection
Date: September 29, 2020
Bugs: #743211
ID: 202009-16

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in LinuxCIFS may allow a remote code execution via a
command line option.

Background
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The LinuxCIFS utils are a collection of tools for managing Linux CIFS
Client Filesystems.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-fs/cifs-utils < 6.11 >= 6.11

Description
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The mount.cifs utility had a shell injection issue where one can embed
shell commands via the username mount option. Those commands will be
run via popen() in the context of the user calling mount.

Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to use a specially crafted
argument using mount.cifs, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary
code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service
condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All LinuxCIFS users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-fs/cifs-utils-6.11"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2020-14342
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14342

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-16

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
  https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

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