CVE-2018-16947

N/A
Published: September 12, 2018 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:45 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxOpenAFS

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

An 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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.6.231.8.0 ≤ v < 1.8.2
Affected range stops below 1.6.23, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.8.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (3)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00024.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4302

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287

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