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    CVE-2009-1250

    The cache manager in the client in OpenAFS 1.0 through 1.4.8 and 1.5.0 through 1.5.58, and IBM AFS 3.6 before Patch 19, on Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an RX response with a large error-code value that is interpreted as a pointer and dereferenced, related to use of the ERR_PTR macro.

    Published:Apr 9, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Apr 9, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.05847
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Ibm
    Product
    Afs
    Vendor
    Linux
    Product
    Linux Kernel
    Vendor
    Openafs
    Product
    Openafs

    Exploits

    http://www.openafs.org/security/openafs-sa-2009-002.patchhttp://www.openafs.org/security/openafs-sa-2009-002.patch

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    References

    http://secunia.com/advisories/34655
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34684
    http://secunia.com/advisories/36310
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42896
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-05.xml
    http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21396389
    http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1ID71123
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1768
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:099
    http://www.openafs.org/security/OPENAFS-SA-2009-002.txt
    http://www.openafs.org/security/openafs-sa-2009-002.patch
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34404
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0984
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0117
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34655
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34684
    http://secunia.com/advisories/36310
    http://secunia.com/advisories/42896
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-05.xml
    http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21396389
    http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1ID71123
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1768
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:099
    http://www.openafs.org/security/OPENAFS-SA-2009-002.txt
    http://www.openafs.org/security/openafs-sa-2009-002.patch
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34404
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0984
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0117

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High