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Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-4536): openafs vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
May 13, 2016
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Jul 28, 2025

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.

Solution

no-fix-ubuntu-package
Title
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