MGASA-2016-0121

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    MGASA-2016-0121

    Published: 25 Mar 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated openafs packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: In OpenAFS before 1.6.17, users from foreign Kerberos realms can create groups as if they were administrators (CVE-2016-2860). In OpenAFS before 1.6.17, information leakage over the network due to uninitialized memory (CVE-2016-4536).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0121.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18034, http://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2016-001.txt, http://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2016-002.txt, http://dl.openafs.org/dl/1.6.16/RELNOTES-1.6.16, http://dl.openafs.org/dl/1.6.16/RELNOTES-1.6.17, https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2015/000495.html, https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2016/000496.html, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/23

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openafs

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/openafs?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6.17-1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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