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Gentoo: 202104-02 Critical: OpenSSL Security Vulnerability Update

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Calendar Grey January 9, 2008
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An exploit concerning Denial of Service in OpenAFS identified; Gentoo users advised to implement updates for enhanced security.
A Denial of Service vulnerability has been discovered in OpenAFS.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200801-04
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

  Severity: Normal
     Title: OpenAFS: Denial of Service
      Date: January 09, 2008
      Bugs: #203573
        ID: 200801-04


Synopsis
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A Denial of Service vulnerability has been discovered in OpenAFS.

Background
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OpenAFS is a distributed network filesystem.

Affected packages
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     Package         /  Vulnerable  /                       Unaffected
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  1  net-fs/openafs       < 1.4.6                             >= 1.4.6

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Russ Allbery, Jeffrey Altman, Dan Hyde and Thomas Mueller discovered a
race condition due to an improper handling of the clients callbacks
lists.

Impact
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A remote attacker could construct cas...
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