What is CVE-2016-4536?

CVE-2016-4536 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openafs, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-05-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-4536?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Openafs

CVE-2016-4536

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 me…

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.013 (67.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Openafs
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

security@debian.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security@debian.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security@debian.org (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4536?: CVE-2016-4536 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openafs, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-05-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-4536?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.