OpenAFS race conditions
Published:		12.01.2008
Source:		BUGTRAQ
SecurityVulns ID:		8558
Type:		remote
Level:		5/10
Description:		Race conditions on acquiring and giving back file callbacks.

Affected:		OPENAFS : OpenAFS 1.3
		OPENAFS : OpenAFS 1.4
		IMAGEALBUM : ImageAlbum 2.0
CVE:		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 (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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DEBIAN, [SECURITY] [DSA 1458-1] New openafs packages fix denial of service vulnerability (12.01.2008)

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