Description
OpenAFS 1.x before 1.6.22 does not properly validate Rx ack packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash or application crash) via crafted fields, as demonstrated by an integer underflow and assertion failure for a small MTU value.
Published: 2017-12-06
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 1.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1213-1 openafs security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4067-1 openafs security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-8596 OpenAFS 1.x before 1.6.22 does not properly validate Rx ack packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash or application crash) via crafted fields, as demonstrated by an integer underflow and assertion failure for a small MTU value.
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Debian Debian Linux
Openafs Openafs
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:51:31.363Z

Reserved: 2017-12-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-17432

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-12-06T00:29:00.273

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-17432

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