CVE-2009-1250

NameCVE-2009-1250
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1768-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
openafs (PTS)bullseye1.8.6-5fixed
bookworm1.8.9-1fixed
sid1.8.12.1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
openafssourceetch1.4.2-6etch3
openafssourcelenny1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1DSA-1768-1
openafssource(unstable)1.4.10+dfsg1-1

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