# CVE-2009-1250: 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 remo

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-04-09 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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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## References

- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0117
- http://www.openafs.org/security/openafs-sa-2009-002.patch
- http://www.openafs.org/security/OPENAFS-SA-2009-002.txt
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0984
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:099
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34404
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36310
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34655
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1768
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1ID71123
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21396389
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-05.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34684
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42896

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