UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4536

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4536

    Published: 13 May 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-4536

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4536, https://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2016-002.txt, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4536

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: openafs

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.6.14-1
    1.6.15-1
    1.6.15-1ubuntu1
    1.6.15-1ubuntu1.1

    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