Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published May 13, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-4536
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
3- 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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