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SciLinux: OPENAFS-SA-2017-001 Critical: OpenAFS Process Crash Issue

Certain values transmitted in RX ACK packets were not sanity checked by OpenAFS receiving peers, which could lead to an assertion being triggered during construction of outgoing packets on the same connection, resulting in server process crashes or client kernel panics. . Synopsis: Important: Openafs Security Update Advisory ID: OPENAFS-SA-2017-001 Issue Date: 2017-12-06 --Security Fix(es): * Certain values transmitted in RX ACK packets were not sanity checked by OpenAFS receiving peers, which could lead to an assertion being triggered during construction of outgoing packets on the same connection, resulting in server process crashes or client kernel panics. --SL6 x86_64 openafs-kpasswd-1.6.20-257.sl6.x86_64.rpm openafs-client-1.6.20-257.sl6.x86_64.rpm openafs-1.6.20-257.sl6.x86_64.rpm openafs-krb5-1.6.20-257.sl6.x86_64.rpm openafs-authlibs-1.6.20-257.sl6.x86_64.rpm openafs-devel-1.6.20-257.sl6.x86_64.rpm openafs-plumbing-tools-1.6.20-257.sl6.x86_64.rpm openafs-server-1.6.20-257.sl6.x86_64.rpm openafs-module-tools-1.6.20-257.sl6.x86_64.rpm openafs-compat-1.6.20-257.sl6.x86_64.rpm kmod-openafs-696-1.6.20-257.sl6.696.x86_64.rpm openafs-authlibs-devel-1.6.20-257.sl6.x86_64.rpm openafs-kernel-source-1.6.20-257.sl6.x86_64.rpm i386 openafs-client-1.6.20-257.sl6.i686.rpm openafs-authlibs-1.6.20-257.sl6.i686.rpm kmod-openafs-696-1.6.20-257.sl6.696.i686.rpm openafs-module-tools-1.6.20-257.sl6.i686.rpm openafs-authlibs-devel-1.6.20-257.sl6.i686.rpm openafs-devel-1.6.20-257.sl6.i686.rpm openafs-1.6.20-257.sl6.i686.rpm openafs-compat-1.6.20-257.sl6.i686.rpm openafs-server-1.6.20-257.sl6.i686.rpm openafs-plumbing-tools-1.6.20-257.sl6.i686.rpm openafs-krb5-1.6.20-257.sl6.i686.rpm openafs-kpasswd-1.6.20-257.sl6.i686.rpm openafs-kernel-source-1.6.20-257.sl6.i686.rpm SL7 x86_64 openafs-1.6-sl-1.6.22-278.sl7.x86_64.rpm openafs-1.6-sl-authlibs-devel-1.6.22-278.sl7.x86_64.rpm kmod-openafs-1.6-sl-693-1.6.22-278.sl7.693.11.1.x86_64.rpm openafs-1.6-sl-authlibs-1.6.22-278.sl7.x86_64.rpm openafs-1.6-sl-krb5-1.6.22-278.sl7.x86_64.rpm openafs-1.6-sl-client-1.6.22-278.sl7.x86_64.rpm openafs-1.6-sl-plumbing-tools-1.6.22-278.sl7.x86_64.rpm openafs-1.6-sl-kernel-source-1.6.22-278.sl7.x86_64.rpm openafs-1.6-sl-kpasswd-1.6.22-278.sl7.x86_64.rpm openafs-1.6-sl-compat-1.6.22-278.sl7.x86_64.rpm openafs-1.6-sl-devel-1.6.22-278.sl7.x86_64.rpm openafs-1.6-sl-module-tools-1.6.22-278.sl7.x86_64.rpm openafs-1.6-sl-server-1.6.22-278.sl7.x86_64.rpm - Scientific Linux Development Team . Important OpenAFS release for SL6.x and SL7.x to fix server failures and client kernel freezes. Essential information below.. OpenAFS Security, Scientific Linux Update, Server Process Crashes, Client Kernel Panic, RX ACK Packet Issues. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

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