Improper Padding Initialization in OpenAFS Rx Acknowledgement Packet Construction Vulnerability

CVE-2015-7762 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

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