OpenAFS up to 1.6.6 Remote Procedure Call statsVersion memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in OpenAFS. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Remote Procedure Call. This manipulation of the argument statsVersion causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2014-0159. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenAFS (File Transfer Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Remote Procedure Call. The manipulation of the argument statsVersion 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 availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the GetStatistics64 remote procedure call (RPC) in OpenAFS 1.4.8 before 1.6.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted statsVersion argument.

The weakness was published 04/14/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared at openafs.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-0159 since 12/03/2013. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 73454 (Scientific Linux Security Update : openafs on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 1.4.10 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 16306.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (73454), SecurityFocus (BID 66776†), Secunia (SA57779†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-44139†). Similar entry is available at VDB-69326. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 73454
Nessus Name: Scientific Linux Security Update : openafs on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64
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OpenVAS ID: 702899
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2899-1 (openafs - security update)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: OpenAFS 1.4.10
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04/10/2014 +128 days 🔍
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03/25/2015 +342 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: openafs.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-0159 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0159
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69325

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SecurityFocus: 66776 - OpenAFS GetStatistics64 RPC Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 57779 - Debian update for openafs, Less Critical
Vulnerability Center: 44139 - OpenAFS 1.4.8 Through 1.6.6 Remote DoS Vulnerability in the GetStatistics64 remote procedure call (RPC), Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 03/15/2022 08:28
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (68), 05/25/2017 10:52 (12), 03/15/2022 08:28 (3)
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