Information disclosure in OpenAFS and Debian Linux - CVE-2015-7762
Published: November 6, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40608
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7762
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenAFS.org
Debian
Debian
Affected software:
OpenAFS
Debian Linux
OpenAFS
Debian Linux
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-7762
Install update from vendor's website.