CVE-2009-1251 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2009-1251

Heap-based buffer overflow in the cache manager in the client...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

unix, openafs
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.4a, 1.1, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.1a, 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.2a, 1.2.2b, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.7, 1.2.8, 1.2.9, 1.2.10, 1.2.11, 1.2.13, 1.3, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.5, 1.3.70, 1.3.74, 1.3.77, 1.3.81, 1.4, 1.4.0, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.6, 1.4.7, 1.4.7_pre1, 1.4.7_pre2, 1.4.7_pre3, 1.4.7_pre4, 1.4.7_pre5, 1.4.8, 1.4.8_pre1, 1.4.8_pre2, 1.4.8_pre3, 1.5, 1.5.16, 1.5.17, 1.5.26, 1.5.27, 1.5.30, 1.5.31, 1.5.32, 1.5.33, 1.5.34, 1.5.35, 1.5.36, 1.5.38, 1.5.39, 1.5.50, 1.5.52, 1.5.53, 1.5.54, 1.5.55, 1.5.56, 1.5.57, 1.5.58

Timeline

Official Publish: April 9th, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.