# CVE-2007-6599: Race condition in fileserver in OpenAFS 1.3.50 through 1.4.5 and 1.5.0 through 1.5.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-01-04 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Race condition in fileserver in OpenAFS 1.3.50 through 1.4.5 and 1.5.0 through 1.5.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by simultaneously acquiring and giving back file callbacks, which causes the handler for the GiveUpAllCallBacks RPC to perform linked-list operations without the host_glock lock.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27132
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
- http://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2007/000220.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28401
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28327
- http://www.openafs.org/security/OPENAFS-SA-2007-003.txt
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-04.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28433
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1458
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:207
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0046
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28636

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