CVE-2015-7763

high

Description

rx/rx.c in OpenAFS 1.5.75 through 1.5.78, 1.6.x before 1.6.15, and 1.7.x before 1.7.33 does not properly initialize padding at the end of an Rx acknowledgement (ACK) packet, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by (1) conducting a replay attack or (2) sniffing the network.

References

https://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2015-007.txt

https://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.15/RELNOTES-1.6.15

https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2015/000493.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034039

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3387

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-11-06

Updated: 2016-12-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High