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Scientific Linux Security Update : Openafs Security Update on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20171206)

high Nessus Plugin ID 105070

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

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Security Fix(es) :

 - Certain values transmitted in RX ACK packets were not sanity checked by OpenAFS receiving peers, which could lead to an assertion being triggered during construction of outgoing packets on the same connection, resulting in server process crashes or client kernel panics.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?10b1b2e8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105070

File Name: sl_20171206_Openafs_Security_Update_on_SL6_x.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/7/2017

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kmod-openafs-1.6-sl-693, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:kmod-openafs-696, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-1.6-sl, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-1.6-sl-authlibs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-1.6-sl-authlibs-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-1.6-sl-client, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-1.6-sl-compat, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-1.6-sl-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-1.6-sl-kernel-source, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-1.6-sl-kpasswd, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-1.6-sl-krb5, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-1.6-sl-module-tools, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-1.6-sl-plumbing-tools, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-1.6-sl-server, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-authlibs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-authlibs-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-client, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-compat, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-kernel-source, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-kpasswd, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-krb5, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-module-tools, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-plumbing-tools, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openafs-server, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 12/6/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2017