CVE-2009-1251

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-04-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the cache manager in the client in OpenAFS 1.0 through 1.4.8 and 1.5.0 through 1.5.58 on Unix platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an RX response containing more data than specified in a request, related to use of XDR arrays.

Affected products

The OpenAFS Foundation OpenAFS: 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.4a (+65)
Unix: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/34655
http://secunia.com/advisories/34684
http://secunia.com/advisories/42896
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-05.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1768
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:099
http://www.openafs.org/security/OPENAFS-SA-2009-001.txt
http://www.openafs.org/security/openafs-sa-2009-001.patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34407
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0984
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0117
http://secunia.com/advisories/34655

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