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CVE-2017-17432
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-12-06T00:29:00.273 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:10:47.613

Summary

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.

Affected products

openafs — openafs

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References

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