CVE-2019-18601

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-10-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-502

Description

OpenAFS before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 is prone to denial of service from unserialized data access because remote attackers can make a series of VOTE_Debug RPC calls to crash a database server within the SVOTE_Debug RPC handler.

Affected products

The OpenAFS Foundation OpenAFS: before 1.6.24; from 1.8.0 before 1.8.5 — fixed in 1.6.24, 1.8.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: The OpenAFS Foundation OpenAFS 1.6.24, 1.8.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00002.html
https://openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2019-003.txt
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00002.html
https://openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2019-003.txt

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