Unscored severity · published Sep 2, 2015
CVE-2015-6587
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…
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CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
OP
Openafs · Openafs
through 1.6.12 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6587
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6587
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3320
Vendor Advisory
http://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2015-006.txt
Vendor Advisory
https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2015/000486.html
www.openafs.org
https://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.13/RELNOTES-1.6.13
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