CVE-2017-17432
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-12-06 00:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 20:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-12-05
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-617Reachable AssertionBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2f294c2f8f65cd49e1c3b01bd7274f63781021c3f33b2812aa06db85573a33ff
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openafs.orghttps://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2017-001.txt
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/883602
- www.debian.orgDSA-4067https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4067
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20171220 [SECURITY] [DLA 1213-1] openafs security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00016.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- openafs Fixed in 1.6.22-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- openafs Fixed in 1.6.22-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- openafs No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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