CVE-2018-16949

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 was discovered where several data types used as RPC input variables were implemented as unbounded array types. This could allow an unauthenticated attacker to send large input values, consuming server resources and denying service to other valid connections.

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.