OpenAFS up to 1.5.50 memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in OpenAFS up to 1.5.50 (File Transfer Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in certain client utilities in OpenAFS before 1.6.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long fileserver ACL entry.

The weakness was disclosed 03/13/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared at debian.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-1794 since 02/19/2013. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 79989 (Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : openafs (MDVSA-2014:244)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 1.5.51 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (82582) and Tenable (79989). The entry 63758 is pretty similar.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 79989
Nessus Name: Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : openafs (MDVSA-2014:244)
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OpenVAS ID: 892638
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2638-1 (openafs - buffer overflow
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: OpenAFS 1.5.51

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02/21/2013 +2 days 🔍
03/04/2013 +11 days 🔍
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03/13/2013 +8 days 🔍
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Advisory: dsa-2638
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CVE: CVE-2013-1794 (🔍)
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X-Force: 82582
Vulnerability Center: 38831 - OpenAFS <1.6.2 Remote Authenticated Denial of Service and Possible Arbitrary Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 58299 - OpenAFS CVE-2013-1794 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 52342 - Debian update for openafs, Less Critical

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Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 01/01/2022 07:25
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (67), 04/26/2017 09:02 (8), 01/01/2022 07:12 (3), 01/01/2022 07:19 (1), 01/01/2022 07:25 (1)
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