CVE-2015-7762
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
rx/rx.c in OpenAFS before 1.6.15 and 1.7.x before 1.7.33 does not properly initialize the padding of a data structure when constructing an Rx acknowledgement (ACK) packet, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by (1) conducting a replay attack or (2) sniffing the network.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.6.15-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.6.15-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.6.15-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.6.15-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| openafs | openafs | {"endIncluding":"1.6.14.1"} | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.1 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.2 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.3 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.4 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.8 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.10 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.11 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.12 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.13 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.14 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.15 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.16 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.17 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.18 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.19 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.20 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.21 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.22 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.23 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.24 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.25 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.26 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.27 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.28 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.29 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.30 | |
| openafs | openafs | 1.7.31 | |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3387
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034039
- https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2015/000493.html
- https://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.15/RELNOTES-1.6.15
- https://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2015-007.txt
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7762
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.