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title: "CVE-2015-6587\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-6587

Publication date 2 September 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6587?format=md#notes)

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openafs | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.6.7-1ubuntu1.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1.6.1-1+ubuntu0.6 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

dupe of CVE-2015-3287

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6587)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6587)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-6587)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6587)

### Other references

* <http://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2015-006.txt>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6587>