CVE-2018-16947

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenAFS versions prior to 1.6.23 OpenAFS versions 1.8.x prior to 1.8.2

Description An issue in the backup tape controller process allows unauthenticated RPCs, resulting in operations being performed with administrator credentials. This includes dumping and restoring volume contents and manipulating the backup database. An unauthenticated attacker can replace any volume's content with arbitrary data.

Recommendations For OpenAFS versions prior to 1.6.23, update to version 1.6.23 or later. For OpenAFS versions 1.8.x prior to 1.8.2, update to version 1.8.2 or later.