SB2014061705 - Buffer overflow in OpenAFS
Published: June 17, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014061705
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4044)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
OpenAFS 1.6.8 does not properly clear the fields in the host structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and crash) via unspecified vectors related to TMAY requests.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.