Information disclosure in OpenAFS - CVE-2019-18603
Published: November 6, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22557
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18603
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to uninitialized RPC output variables are sent over the network to a peer. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.
Affected software
OpenAFS
How to mitigate CVE-2019-18603
Install updates from vendor's website.
OpenAFS - addressed in versions 1.6.24, 1.8.5