DSA-4067-1 openafs -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4067-1 openafs -- security update

Date Reported:

17 Dec 2017

Affected Packages:

openafs

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-17432.

More information:

It was discovered that malformed jumbogram packets could result in denial of service against OpenAFS, an implementation of the Andrew distributed file system.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.9-2+deb8u6. This update also provides corrections for CVE-2016-4536 and CVE-2016-9772.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.20-2+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your openafs packages.

For the detailed security status of openafs please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/openafs