CVE DATABASE / CVE-2015-7763
CVE-2015-7763
CVSS 5 · MEDIUM
Summary
rx/rx.c in OpenAFS 1.5.75 through 1.5.78, 1.6.x before 1.6.15, and 1.7.x before 1.7.33 does not properly initialize padding at the end of an Rx acknowledgement (ACK) packet, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by (1) conducting a replay attack or (2) sniffing the network.
CVSS 2.0 breakdown
| Base score | 5 (MEDIUM) |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Confidentiality | PARTIAL |
| Integrity | NONE |
| Availability | NONE |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
Openafs openafs
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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
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