CVE-2015-6587 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2015-09-02

Score: 4.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.9% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:openafs:openafs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-342-1	openafs security update
EUVD	EUVD-2015-6525	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01933.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3320
http://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2015-006.txt
https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2015/000486.html
https://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.13/RELNOTES-1.6.13

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Openafs Openafs

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2015-09-02T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:22:22.440Z

Reserved: 2015-08-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-6587

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-09-02T10:59:00.250

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:31:05.947

Link: CVE-2015-6587

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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