CVE-2007-6599: Race condition in fileserver in OpenAFS 1.3.50 through 1.4.5 and 1.5.0 through 1.5.27 allows remote attacke...

Security readout for executives and security teams

CVE-2007-6599 is a remote denial-of-service issue in the OpenAFS fileserver. An attacker could trigger a race condition in callback handling and crash the fileserver daemon. The supplied sources do not indicate data theft, privilege escalation, or active exploitation. Exposure is most likely where legacy OpenAFS fileserver deployments run the affected version ranges and are reachable by untrusted clients. Modern environments are only affected if old packages remain in use. Prioritize remediation for internet-facing or broadly reachable OpenAFS servers, especially where file service availability is business-critical. This is mainly an availability risk, not a known data compromise issue from the supplied evidence. Mitigation focus: Inventory OpenAFS fileserver versions and identify systems in the affected ranges.; Apply OpenAFS or distribution security updates from the cited vendor advisories.; Restrict untrusted network access to OpenAFS fileserver services where operationally possible..

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Jun 28, 2026, 19:45 UTC (UTC+00:00)

Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.