Debian: DSA-3388-1 Important: OpenAFS Remote Exploit Vulnerability
debian
November 1, 2015
John Stumpo discovered that OpenAFS, a distributed file system, does not fully initialize certain network packets before transmitting them
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Summary
John Stumpo discovered that OpenAFS, a distributed file system, does
not fully initialize certain network packets before transmitting them.
This can lead to a disclosure of the plaintext of previously processed
packets.
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed
in version 1.6.1-3+deb7u5.
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.6.9-2+deb8u4.
For the testing distribution (stretch) and the unstable distribution
(sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.15-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your openafs packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: openafs
CVE ID: CVE-2015-7762 CVE-2015-7763
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