CVE-2015-6587
The vlserver in OpenAFS before 1.6.13 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
4.0
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.
- Record
CVE-2015-6587- CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2015-6587- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-6525 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2015-6525- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2rmv-q4gp-w43q No score
The vlserver in OpenAFS before 1.6.13 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of...
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.
- Record
GHSA-2rmv-q4gp-w43q- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2015-6587- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2015-6587 No score
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6587- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2015-0337 No score
Updated openafs package fixes security vulnerabilities
Updated openafs packages fix security vulnerabilities:
Memory allocated by vos for VLDB entry structures was not cleared prior to use, meaning stack data could be sent over the network, possibly in the clear if crypt mode was not in use (CVE-2015-3282).
The default use by bos of clear rather than crypt mode can allow spoofing commands, including some which modify server state if restricted mode was not enabled (CVE-2015-3283).
A local user executing commands which make pioctl calls to the kernel will have some contents of kernel memory leaked when buffers used are larger than data being returned (CVE-2015-3284).
A local user executing the OSD FS command pioctl can trigger a panic due to an incorrect buffer being used for return status of the command (CVE-2015-3285).
The vlserver allows pattern matching on volume names via regular expressions when listing attributes. Because the regular expression is not checked for situations which can overflow the buffers used, an attack is possible which reads arbitrary memory beyond the end of the buffer and can act on it as part of the expression evaluation, potentially crashing the process (CVE-2015-6587).
- Record
MGASA-2015-0337- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-6587 No score
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.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6587- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
openafsDebian:12 |
before 1.6.13-1 | 1.6.13-1 |
openafsDebian:13 |
before 1.6.13-1 | 1.6.13-1 |
openafsDebian:6.0 |
before 1.4.12.1+dfsg-4+squeeze4, plus listed versions 1.4.12.1+dfsg-31.4.12.1+dfsg-41.4.12.1+dfsg-4+squeeze11.4.12.1+dfsg-4+squeeze21.4.12.1+dfsg-4+squeeze31.4.12.1+dfsg-4~bpo50+1 |
1.4.12.1+dfsg-4+squeeze4 |
openafsDebian:7 |
before 1.6.1-3+deb7u3, plus listed versions 1.6.1-31.6.1-3+deb7u11.6.1-3+deb7u1~bpo60+11.6.1-3+deb7u21.6.1-3+deb7u2~bpo60+1 |
1.6.1-3+deb7u3 |
openafsDebian:8 |
before 1.6.9-2+deb8u3, plus listed versions 1.6.9-2+deb8u2 |
1.6.9-2+deb8u3 |
openafsMageia:4 |
before 1.6.13-1.mga4 | 1.6.13-1.mga4 |
openafsMageia:5 |
before 1.6.13-1.mga5 | 1.6.13-1.mga5 |
openafsUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
before 1.6.7-1ubuntu1.1, plus listed versions 1.6.5-1ubuntu31.6.5.1-11.6.5.1-1ubuntu11.6.6~pre2-11.6.6-11.6.7-11.6.7-1ubuntu1 |
1.6.7-1ubuntu1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-6587 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.0) in Openafs, published July 30, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.93%, the 80th percentile. Fixed in openafs 1.6.13-1.
References
openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2015-006.txt
openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.13/RELNOTES-1.6.13
debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3320
lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2015/000486.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6587
github.com/advisories/GHSA-2rmv-q4gp-w43q
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security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6587
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0337.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16515
openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2015-001.txt
openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2015-002.txt
openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2015-003.txt
openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2015-004.txt
openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2015/000486.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/02/2
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6587
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6587