CVE-2018-16948

N/A
Published: September 12, 2018 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:45 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxOpenAFS

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

An issue was discovered in OpenAFS before 1.6.23 and 1.8.x before 1.8.2. Several RPC server routines did not fully initialize their output variables before returning, leaking memory contents from both the stack and the heap. Because the OpenAFS cache manager functions as an Rx server for the AFSCB service, clients are also susceptible to information leakage. For example, RXAFSCB_TellMeAboutYourself leaks kernel memory and KAM_ListEntry leaks kaserver memory.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.6.231.8.0 ≤ v < 1.8.2
Affected range stops below 1.6.23, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.8.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (3)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00024.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4302

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200

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