# CVE-2014-2852: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause performance degradation in OpenAFS by sending invalid packets that trigger delayed thread processing.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 14 Apr 2014
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2852, GHSA-p26q-362x-wgpw

## What is CVE-2014-2852?

CVE-2014-2852 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Apr 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

OpenAFS before 1.6.7 delays the listen thread when an RXS_CheckResponse fails, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (performance degradation) via an invalid packet.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-2852?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Openafs Openafs.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-2852?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2014-2852 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2852 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2019-18601](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-18601/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2011-0430](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0430/): Use after free in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-2852 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-2852 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Apr 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2852 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2852/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2852/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2852
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2852
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-2852

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2852/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.