CVE-2015-6587

Published: Sep 2, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

4.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 8.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

The vlserver in OpenAFS before 1.6.13 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted regular expression in a VL_ListAttributesN2 RPC.

Affected (3)

Products: Openafs: Openafs · Debian: Debian Linux

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Openafs Openafs	Up to 1.6.12

Configuration B

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 7.0
Debian Debian Linux	Version 8.0

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (8)

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3320

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2015-006.txt

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2015/000486.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

https://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.13/RELNOTES-1.6.13

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3320

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2015-006.txt

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2015/000486.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.13/RELNOTES-1.6.13

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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