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CVE-2009-1250

Published: Apr 9, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-189
7.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
4.0%
Top 10.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-189

Affected Products

ibm
commercial·USaka international business machines
afsOn-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
openafs
oss-project
openafsOn-prem
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
Gentoo Foundation Inc.
oss-project·US
Gentoo LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0117
vupen.com
http://www.openafs.org/security/openafs-sa-2009-002.patch
openafs.org
http://www.openafs.org/security/OPENAFS-SA-2009-002.txt
openafs.org
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