OpenAFS FetchStatus Reply Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:23060

Info

OpenAFS FetchStatus Reply Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 23060
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2007-1507
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 20 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 05 2007 04:02PM
Credit: Benjamin Bennett from the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center reported this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.5.16
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.5
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.4.3
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.3.81
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.3.2
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.3.1
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.3
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.2.9
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.2.8
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.2.7
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.2.6
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.2.5
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.2.4
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.2.3
+ Debian Linux 3.0
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.2.2 b
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.2.2 a
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.2.2
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.2.1
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.2
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.1.1 a
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.1.1
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.1
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.0.4 a
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.0.4
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.0.3
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.0.2
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.0.1
OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0
Gentoo net-fs/openafs 1.4.2
Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.1 mips
Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
Debian Linux 3.1 arm
Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
Not Vulnerable: OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.4.4
Gentoo net-fs/openafs 1.4.4

Discussion

OpenAFS FetchStatus Reply Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

OpenAFS is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

A local attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands with superuser privileges on the affected computer.

OpenAFS 1.4.3 (and prior versions) and 1.5.0 through 1.5.16 are affected by this vulnerability.

Exploit / POC

OpenAFS FetchStatus Reply Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: mailto:[email protected].

Solution / Fix

OpenAFS FetchStatus Reply Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released fixes to address these issues. Please see the references for more information.


OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.0

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.0.1

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.0.2

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.0.3

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.0.4 a

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.0.4

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.1

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.1.1 a

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.1.1

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.2

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.2.1

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.2.2

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.2.2 b

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.2.2 a

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.2.3

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.2.4

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.2.5

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.2.6

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.2.7

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.2.8

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.2.9

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.3

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.3.1

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.3.2

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.3.81

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.4.3

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.5

OpenAFS OpenAFS 1.5.16

References

OpenAFS FetchStatus Reply Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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