Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published May 13, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-4536

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.

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Affected products

Openafs/Openafs2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:openafs:openafs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:openafs:openafs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.6.16
- (no CPE)range: <1.6.17

Patches

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References

lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2016/000496.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.17/RELNOTES-1.6.17nvdVendor Advisory
www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2016-002.txtnvdVendor Advisory

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