CVE-2009-1250 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the cache manager in OpenAFS versions 1.0 through 1.4.8 and 1.5.0 through 1.5.58, as well as IBM AFS 3.6 before Patch 19, on Linux systems. A remote attacker can trigger a system crash by sending a specially crafted RX response with a large error-code value, which is then misinterpreted as a pointer and dereferenced. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:afs:*:patch18:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:afs:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:afs:3.6:patch12:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:afs:3.6:patch13:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:afs:3.6:patch14:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.