CVE-2018-16947

Summary

CVECVE-2018-16947
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-09-12 01:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in OpenAFS before 1.6.23 and 1.8.x before 1.8.2. The backup tape controller (butc) process accepts incoming RPCs but does not require (or allow for) authentication of those RPCs. Handling those RPCs results in operations being performed with administrator credentials, including dumping/restoring volume contents and manipulating the backup database. For example, an unauthenticated attacker can replace any volume's content with arbitrary data.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Openafs Openafs All All All All
Application Openafs Openafs All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2018-001.txt CONFIRM openafs.org Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4302-1 openafs DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1513-1] openafs security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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