Out-of-bounds Read Affecting openvswitch package, versions <2.8.1+dfsg1-2
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- published29 May 2017
- disclosed29 May 2017
Introduced: 29 May 2017
CVE-2017-9265 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
In Open vSwitch (OvS) v2.7.0, there is a buffer over-read while parsing the group mod OpenFlow message sent from the controller in lib/ofp-util.c in the function ofputil_pull_ofp15_group_mod.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9265
- https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2017-May/332965.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2418
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2553
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2648
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2665
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2692
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2698
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2727
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-9265