CVE-2017-17432

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    CVE-2017-17432

    Published: 6 Dec 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00016.html, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4067, https://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2017-001.txt, https://bugs.debian.org/883602

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