Numeric Errors Affecting openafs package, versions <1.6.17-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-OPENAFS-1555565
  • published13 May 2016
  • disclosed13 May 2016

Introduced: 13 May 2016

CVE-2015-8312  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 openafs to version 1.6.17-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openafs package and not the openafs package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

Off-by-one error in afs_pioctl.c in OpenAFS before 1.6.16 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and system crash) via a pioctl with an input buffer size of 4096 bytes.