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FreeBSD: openafs -- local DoS vulnerability (CVE-2015-8312)

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FreeBSD: openafs -- local DoS vulnerability (CVE-2015-8312)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/06/2016
Modified
05/22/2018

Description

Off-by-one error in afs_pioctl.c in OpenAFS before 1.6.16 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and system crash) via a pioctl with an input buffer size of 4096 bytes.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-openafs

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