CVE-2009-1251

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    CVE-2009-1251

    Published: 9 Apr 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in the cache manager in the client in OpenAFS 1.0 through 1.4.8 and 1.5.0 through 1.5.58 on Unix platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an RX response containing more data than specified in a request, related to use of XDR arrays.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/34655, http://secunia.com/advisories/34684, http://secunia.com/advisories/42896, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-05.xml, 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-2009-001.txt, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0984, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0117, http://www.openafs.org/security/openafs-sa-2009-001.patch, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34407

    Affected packages

    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
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