SB2015110605 - Information disclosure in OpenAFS
Published: November 6, 2015 Updated: August 9, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015110605
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7762)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
rx/rx.c in OpenAFS before 1.6.15 and 1.7.x before 1.7.33 does not properly initialize the padding of a data structure when constructing an Rx acknowledgement (ACK) packet, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by (1) conducting a replay attack or (2) sniffing the network.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.