CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-4536
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-05-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
The client in OpenAFS before 1.6.17 does not properly initialize the (1) AFSStoreStatus, (2) AFSStoreVolumeStatus, (3) VldbListByAttributes, and (4) ListAddrByAttributes structures, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive memory information by leveraging access to RPC call traffic.
Affected configurations
• openafs openafs (<= 1.6.16)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2016/000496.html Vendor Advisory
- https://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.17/RELNOTES-1.6.17 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2016-002.txt Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2016/000496.html Vendor Advisory
- https://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.17/RELNOTES-1.6.17 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2016-002.txt Vendor Advisory