CVE-2017-17432

high

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.

References

https://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2017-001.txt

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4067

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00016.html

https://bugs.debian.org/883602

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-12-06

Updated: 2019-10-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High