Description
The cache manager in the client in OpenAFS 1.0 through 1.4.8 and 1.5.0 through 1.5.58, and IBM AFS 3.6 before Patch 19, on Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an RX response with a large error-code value that is interpreted as a pointer and dereferenced, related to use of the ERR_PTR macro.
Published: 2009-04-09
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 5.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1768-1 New openafs packages potential code execution
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-1249 The cache manager in the client in OpenAFS 1.0 through 1.4.8 and 1.5.0 through 1.5.58, and IBM AFS 3.6 before Patch 19, on Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an RX response with a large error-code value that is interpreted as a pointer and dereferenced, related to use of the ERR_PTR macro.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:04:49.436Z

Reserved: 2009-04-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-1250

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-04-09T00:30:00.313

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-1250

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