Two vulnerabilities were discovered in openafs, an implementation of the distributed filesystem AFS. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3569-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso
May 05, 2016                          https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : openafs
CVE ID         : CVE-2015-8312 CVE-2016-2860

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in openafs, an implementation of the
distributed filesystem AFS. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
project identifies the following problems:

CVE-2015-8312

    Potential denial of service caused by a bug in the pioctl
    logic allowing a local user to overrun a kernel buffer with a
    single NUL byte.

CVE-2016-2860

    Peter Iannucci discovered that users from foreign Kerberos realms
    can create groups as if they were administrators.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.6.9-2+deb8u5.

For the testing distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 1.6.17-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.6.17-1.

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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