CVE-2019-18603
OpenAFS before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 is prone to information leakage upon certain error...
OpenAFS before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 is prone to information leakage upon certain error conditions because uninitialized RPC output variables are sent over the network to a peer.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
OpenAFS before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 is prone to information leakage upon certain error conditions because uninitialized RPC output variables are sent over the network to a peer.
- Record
CVE-2019-18603- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-908
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
OpenAFS before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 is prone to information leakage upon certain error conditions because uninitialized RPC output variables are sent over the network to a peer.
- Record
CVE-2019-18603- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-8337 No score
OpenAFS before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 is prone to information leakage upon certain error conditions because uninitialized RPC output variables are sent over the network to a peer.
- Record
EUVD-2019-8337- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j75x-vr7m-9cch No score
OpenAFS before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 is prone to information leakage upon certain error...
OpenAFS before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 is prone to information leakage upon certain error conditions because uninitialized RPC output variables are sent over the network to a peer.
- Record
GHSA-j75x-vr7m-9cch- Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-908
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
OpenAFS before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 is prone to information leakage upon certain error conditions because uninitialized RPC output variables are sent over the network to a peer.
- Record
CVE-2019-18603- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-18603
OpenAFS before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 is prone to information leakage upon certain error conditions because uninitialized RPC output variables are sent over the network to a peer.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-18603- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-18603
OpenAFS before 1.6.24 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 is prone to information leakage upon certain error conditions because uninitialized RPC output variables are sent over the network to a peer.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-18603- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
openafsDebian:12 |
before 1.8.5-1 | 1.8.5-1 |
openafsDebian:13 |
before 1.8.5-1 | 1.8.5-1 |
openafsDebian:8 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 1.6.9-2+deb8u9, plus listed versions 1.6.9-2+deb8u21.6.9-2+deb8u31.6.9-2+deb8u41.6.9-2+deb8u4~bpo70+11.6.9-2+deb8u51.6.9-2+deb8u61.6.9-2+deb8u71.6.9-2+deb8u8 |
1.6.9-2+deb8u9 |
openafsUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.6.14-11.6.15-11.6.15-1ubuntu11.6.15-1ubuntu1.1 |
None known |
openafsUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.6.21-31.6.21-3ubuntu11.6.22-31.8.0~pre4-11.8.0~pre5-11.8.0~pre5-1ubuntu11.8.0~pre5-1ubuntu1.11.8.0~pre5-1ubuntu1.2 |
None known |
openafsUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.8.4~pre1-1ubuntu21.8.4~pre1-1ubuntu2.11.8.4~pre1-1ubuntu2.21.8.4~pre1-1ubuntu2.31.8.4~pre1-1ubuntu2.4 |
None known |
openafsUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.8.6-5ubuntu21.8.8-31.8.8.1-11.8.8.1-3ubuntu2~22.04.11.8.8.1-3ubuntu2~22.04.21.8.10-2ubuntu1~22.04.11.8.10-2ubuntu1~22.04.2 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| 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-2019-18603 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Openafs, published October 29, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.21%, the 68th percentile. Fixed in openafs 1.8.5-1.
References
openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2019-001.txt
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00002.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18603
github.com/advisories/GHSA-j75x-vr7m-9cch
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-18603
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-18603
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18603