Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1768-1 openafs -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:
10 Apr 2009
Affected Packages:
openafs
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2009-1250, CVE-2009-1251.
More information:

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the client part of OpenAFS, a distributed file system.

  • CVE-2009-1251

    An attacker with control of a file server or the ability to forge RX packets may be able to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode on an OpenAFS client, due to a vulnerability in XDR array decoding.

  • CVE-2009-1250

    An attacker with control of a file server or the ability to forge RX packets may crash OpenAFS clients because of wrongly handled error return codes in the kernel module.

Note that in order to apply this security update, you must rebuild the OpenAFS kernel module. Be sure to also upgrade openafs-modules-source, build a new kernel module for your system following the instructions in /usr/share/doc/openafs-client/README.modules.gz, and then either stop and restart openafs-client or reboot the system to reload the kernel module.

For the old stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.2-6etch2.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.10+dfsg1-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your openafs packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs_1.4.2.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs_1.4.2-6etch2.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs_1.4.2-6etch2.diff.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-doc_1.4.2-6etch2_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-modules-source_1.4.2-6etch2_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbg_1.4.2-6etch2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-fileserver_1.4.2-6etch2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libpam-openafs-kaserver_1.4.2-6etch2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-client_1.4.2-6etch2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-krb5_1.4.2-6etch2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libopenafs-dev_1.4.2-6etch2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbserver_1.4.2-6etch2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-kpasswd_1.4.2-6etch2_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-kpasswd_1.4.2-6etch2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbserver_1.4.2-6etch2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbg_1.4.2-6etch2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-fileserver_1.4.2-6etch2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-krb5_1.4.2-6etch2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libopenafs-dev_1.4.2-6etch2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libpam-openafs-kaserver_1.4.2-6etch2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-client_1.4.2-6etch2_amd64.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-client_1.4.2-6etch2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-krb5_1.4.2-6etch2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-fileserver_1.4.2-6etch2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libpam-openafs-kaserver_1.4.2-6etch2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libopenafs-dev_1.4.2-6etch2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbg_1.4.2-6etch2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-kpasswd_1.4.2-6etch2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbserver_1.4.2-6etch2_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libpam-openafs-kaserver_1.4.2-6etch2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-client_1.4.2-6etch2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libopenafs-dev_1.4.2-6etch2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbg_1.4.2-6etch2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-krb5_1.4.2-6etch2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-fileserver_1.4.2-6etch2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbserver_1.4.2-6etch2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-kpasswd_1.4.2-6etch2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-kpasswd_1.4.2-6etch2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libopenafs-dev_1.4.2-6etch2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-client_1.4.2-6etch2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-krb5_1.4.2-6etch2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-fileserver_1.4.2-6etch2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbg_1.4.2-6etch2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbserver_1.4.2-6etch2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libpam-openafs-kaserver_1.4.2-6etch2_ia64.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbserver_1.4.2-6etch2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-kpasswd_1.4.2-6etch2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-fileserver_1.4.2-6etch2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libpam-openafs-kaserver_1.4.2-6etch2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbg_1.4.2-6etch2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-client_1.4.2-6etch2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-krb5_1.4.2-6etch2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libopenafs-dev_1.4.2-6etch2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-fileserver_1.4.2-6etch2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-kpasswd_1.4.2-6etch2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbserver_1.4.2-6etch2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libpam-openafs-kaserver_1.4.2-6etch2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbg_1.4.2-6etch2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-krb5_1.4.2-6etch2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-client_1.4.2-6etch2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libopenafs-dev_1.4.2-6etch2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbg_1.4.2-6etch2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-krb5_1.4.2-6etch2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libopenafs-dev_1.4.2-6etch2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libpam-openafs-kaserver_1.4.2-6etch2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-fileserver_1.4.2-6etch2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-kpasswd_1.4.2-6etch2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbserver_1.4.2-6etch2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-client_1.4.2-6etch2_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs_1.4.7.dfsg1.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1.dsc
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-modules-source_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-doc_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libpam-openafs-kaserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-kpasswd_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-fileserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libopenafs-dev_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-krb5_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-client_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbg_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbg_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libpam-openafs-kaserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-fileserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-krb5_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libopenafs-dev_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-kpasswd_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-client_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-kpasswd_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-krb5_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libopenafs-dev_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbg_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-fileserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-client_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libpam-openafs-kaserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_arm.deb
ARM EABI:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-kpasswd_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-krb5_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libpam-openafs-kaserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libopenafs-dev_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-client_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-fileserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbg_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_armel.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libopenafs-dev_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-krb5_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-fileserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbg_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-client_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-kpasswd_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libpam-openafs-kaserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-kpasswd_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libpam-openafs-kaserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-fileserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbg_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libopenafs-dev_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-client_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-krb5_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_ia64.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libpam-openafs-kaserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-fileserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libopenafs-dev_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-krb5_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbg_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-client_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-kpasswd_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-client_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libpam-openafs-kaserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbg_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-kpasswd_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-fileserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libopenafs-dev_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-krb5_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-client_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libpam-openafs-kaserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/libopenafs-dev_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbg_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-krb5_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-kpasswd_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-dbserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openafs/openafs-fileserver_1.4.7.dfsg1-6+lenny1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.