CVE-2017-17432

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-17432
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-12-06 00:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionOpenAFS 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-617

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Openafs Openafs All All All All
Application Openafs Openafs All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4067-1 openafs DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
#883602 - openafs: CVE-2017-17432: OPENAFS-SA-2017-001: Rx assertion failure from insufficient input validation - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2017-001.txt CONFIRM www.openafs.org Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1213-1] openafs security update MLIST lists.debian.org
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