CVE-2017-17432
N/A
Published: December 6, 2017 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:10 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxOpenAFS
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/883602Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00016.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4067x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2017-001.txtQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-617
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