vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-17432): openafs vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Dec 6, 2017
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Jul 28, 2025

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.

Solution

no-fix-ubuntu-package
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