SB2015110604 - Information disclosure in OpenAFS
Published: November 6, 2015 Updated: August 9, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015110604
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7763)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
rx/rx.c in OpenAFS 1.5.75 through 1.5.78, 1.6.x before 1.6.15, and 1.7.x before 1.7.33 does not properly initialize padding at the end of an Rx acknowledgement (ACK) packet, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by (1) conducting a replay attack or (2) sniffing the network.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.