Information disclosure in OpenAFS - CVE-2019-18603

 

Information disclosure in OpenAFS - CVE-2019-18603

Published: November 6, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU22557
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18603
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenAFS.org
Affected software:
OpenAFS

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-18603

Install updates from vendor's website.

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