A malicious server can crash the OpenAFS cache manager and other client utilities, and possibly execute arbitrary code.

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-4168 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4168-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                    Thorsten Alteholz     May 17, 2025                                  https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : openafs     Version        : 1.8.6-5+deb11u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-10394 CVE-2024-10396 CVE-2024-10397     Debian Bug     :


    Several vulnerabilities were discovered in OpenAFS, an implementation of     the AFS distributed filesystem, which may result in theft of credentials     in Unix client PAGs (CVE-2024-10394), fileserver crashes and information     leak on StoreACL/FetchACL (CVE-2024-10396) or buffer overflows in XDR     responses resulting in denial of service and potentially code execution     (CVE-2024-10397).


    For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version     1.8.6-5+deb11u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your openafs packages.

    For the detailed security status of openafs please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/openafs

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A malicious server can crash the OpenAFS cache manager and other client utilities, and possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-10397)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5842 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5842-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso     January 11, 2025                      https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : openafs     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-10394 CVE-2024-10396 CVE-2024-10397     Debian Bug     : 1087406 1087407

    Several vulnerabilities were discovered in OpenAFS, an implementation of     the AFS distributed filesystem, which may result in theft of credentials     in Unix client PAGs (CVE-2024-10394), fileserver crashes and information     leak on StoreACL/FetchACL (CVE-2024-10396) or buffer overflows in XDR     responses resulting in denial of service and potentially code execution     (CVE-2024-10397).

    For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed     in version 1.8.9-1+deb12u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your openafs packages.

    For the detailed security status of openafs please refer to its security     tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/openafs

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
236886	Debian dla-4168 : libafsauthent2 - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
228110	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-10397	Nessus	Misc.	high
213984	Debian dsa-5842 : libafsauthent2 - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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