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4.8 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in OpenAFS 1.3.5/1.4.5/1.5.27 (File Transfer Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
Race condition in fileserver in OpenAFS 1.3.50 through 1.4.5 and 1.5.0 through 1.5.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by simultaneously acquiring and giving back file callbacks, which causes the handler for the GiveUpAllCallBacks RPC to perform linked-list operations without the host_glock lock.
The bug was discovered 12/20/2007. The weakness was disclosed 01/03/2008 by Russ Allbery (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-6599 since 12/31/2007. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 14 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 29908 (GLSA-200801-04 : OpenAFS: Denial of Service), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165712 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update (SUSE-SR:2008:002)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 6 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (39418) and Tenable (29908). The entries 3410, 3547, 37647 and 39622 are pretty similar.
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Class: Race conditionCWE: CWE-362
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Nessus ID: 29908
Nessus Name: GLSA-200801-04 : OpenAFS: Denial of Service
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OpenVAS ID: 60135
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1458-1 (openafs)
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Timeline
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Sources
Advisory: vupen.com⛔Researcher: Russ Allbery
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-6599 (🔍)
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X-Force: 39418
Vulnerability Center: 17341 - OpenAFS FileServer Race Condition Allows Remote Attackers to Execute Arbitrary Code, Medium
SecurityFocus: 27132 - OpenAFS Fileserver Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 28327
OSVDB: 39864 - OpenAFS - Fileserver Denial of Service Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-0046
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Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 13:43Updated: 08/03/2019 14:24
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (75), 08/03/2019 14:24 (9)
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