PT-2018-13787 · Openafs · Openafs

Mark Vitale · Published 2018-09-12 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-16949

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenAFS versions prior to 1.6.23 OpenAFS versions 1.8.x prior to 1.8.2

Description An issue was discovered where several data types used as RPC input variables were implemented as unbounded array types. This could allow an unauthenticated attacker to send large input values, consuming server resources and denying service to other valid connections.

Recommendations For OpenAFS versions prior to 1.6.23, update to version 1.6.23 or later. For OpenAFS versions 1.8.x prior to 1.8.2, update to version 1.8.2 or later.

Fix

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-16949

DLA-1513-1

DSA-4302-1

MGASA-2019-0021

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11113-1

Affected Products

Openafs

References · 24

• http://openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2018-003.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4302 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2019-0021 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4302-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16949 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16949 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16949 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16949 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16949 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1513-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16949 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11113-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0021.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16949 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/106375 · Note