Reachable Assertion Affecting openafs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.85% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-OPENAFS-329499
  • published6 Dec 2017
  • disclosed6 Dec 2017

Introduced: 6 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17432  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 openafs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openafs package and not the openafs package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.