CVE-2015-6587 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in OpenAFS versions prior to 1.6.13, specifically affecting the vlserver component. An authenticated remote attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds read and crash the server by sending a specially crafted regular expression within a VL_ListAttributesN2 RPC. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a low severity, as it requires authentication and only leads to a partial availability impact. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.6.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openafs:openafs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
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