CVE-2017-17432
openafs - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.2%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-17432
To remediate CVE-2017-17432, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/openafs—upgrade to 1.6.22-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.6.1-3+deb7u8 or later
- —upgrade to 1.6.20-2+deb9u1 or later
Is CVE-2017-17432 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.6.22-1
- from 0, < 1.6.1-3+deb7u8
- from 0, < 1.6.20-2+deb9u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |