CVE-2015-7762 Information disclosure in n/a
Remote attackers can obtain sensitive information from OpenAFS Rx packets via replay attacks or network sniffing due to improper padding initialization.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-7762?
CVE-2015-7762 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 6 Nov 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
rx/rx.c in OpenAFS before 1.6.15 and 1.7.x before 1.7.33 does not properly initialize the padding of a data structure when constructing an Rx acknowledgement (ACK) packet, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by (1) conducting a replay attack or (2) sniffing the network.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-7762?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Openafs Openafs.
How do I fix CVE-2015-7762?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2015-7762 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7762 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7762, GHSA-p847-p2jr-v5qq, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7762.