GLSA-201101-05 : OpenAFS: Arbitrary code execution

critical Nessus Plugin ID 51535

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201101-05 (OpenAFS: Arbitrary code execution)

Two vulnerabilities were discovered:
Simon Wilkinson discovered from a bug report by Toby Blake that the cache manager of OpenAFS contains a heap-based buffer overflow which is related to the use of the ERR_PTR macro (CVE-2009-1250).
A pointer dereference bug when using XDR arrays was discovered by Simon Wilkinson, with assistance from Derrick Brashear and Jeffrey Altman.
(CVE-2009-1251).
Impact :

The vulnerabilities might allow remote unauthenticated attackers to cause a Denial of Service (system crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All OpenAFS users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-fs/openafs-1.4.9'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201101-05

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 51535

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201101-05.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Published: 1/17/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:openafs, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1250, CVE-2009-1251

CWE: 119, 189

GLSA: 201101-05