Name: CVE-2017-17432: Reachable Assertion
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-17432, CWE-617, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.01235

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade openafs	Dec 20, 2017	Dec 5, 2017
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Dec 6, 2017

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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