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CVE-2009-1250

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,

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.05847
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  • EPSS percentile: top 9% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
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Affected Products & Versions

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ibm afs<= 3.6
ibm afsall versions
openafsall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocwww.openafs.org · openafs-sa-2009-002.patchwww.openafs.org
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Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published to NVD09 Apr 2009 · 12:30 AM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/34655
http://secunia.com/advisories/34684
http://secunia.com/advisories/36310
http://secunia.com/advisories/42896
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-05.xml
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21396389
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