CVE-2017-9263
Published: 29 May 2017
In Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.0, while parsing an OpenFlow role status message, there is a call to the abort() function for undefined role status reasons in the function `ofp_print_role_status_message` in `lib/ofp-print.c` that may be leveraged toward a remote DoS attack by a malicious switch.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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openvswitch Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [code not present])
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Released
(2.5.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2)
|
|
yakkety |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
zesty |
Released
(2.6.1-0ubuntu5.1)
|
|
Patches: upstream: https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/b76d4a81b8fbbc339d33b767e141c473ba350678 |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 6.5 |
Attack vector | Adjacent |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |