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CVE-2009-1250

HIGHEPSS 89th pctl
7.8
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

The cache manager in the client in OpenAFS 1.0 through 1.4.8 and 1.5.0 through 1.5.58, and IBM AFS 3.6 before Patch 19, on Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an RX response with a large error-code value that is interpreted as a pointer and dereferenced, related to use of the ERR_PTR macro.

How to fix

Remediation Available
openafsDebian
Fixed in:1.4.10+dfsg1-1CVE-2009-1250
Fixed in:1.4.10+dfsg1-1CVE-2009-1250
Fixed in:1.4.10+dfsg1-1CVE-2009-1250
Fixed in:1.4.10+dfsg1-1CVE-2009-1250

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

3.98%probability of exploitation in 30 days
89thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 89% of all known CVEs.

References

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