CVE-2016-4536 Information disclosure in n/a
Remote attackers can obtain sensitive memory information from OpenAFS clients by leveraging access to RPC call traffic due to improper structure initialization.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-4536?
CVE-2016-4536 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 May 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-4536?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Openafs Openafs.
How do I fix CVE-2016-4536?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2016-4536 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-4536 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4536, GHSA-jv93-j376-qhrw, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4536.