Improper Input Validation Affecting openvswitch package, versions <2.8.1+dfsg1-2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-OPENVSWITCH-523037
  • published29 May 2017
  • disclosed29 May 2017

Introduced: 29 May 2017

CVE-2017-9263  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 openvswitch to version 2.8.1+dfsg1-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openvswitch package and not the openvswitch package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.