Improper Authentication Affecting opendaylight package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-OPENDAYLIGHT-5031602
  • published27 Mar 2023
  • disclosed9 May 2018

Introduced: 9 May 2018

CVE-2018-1000155  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 opendaylight.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream opendaylight package and not the opendaylight package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

OpenFlow version 1.0 onwards contains a Denial of Service and Improper authorization vulnerability in OpenFlow handshake: The DPID (DataPath IDentifier) in the features_reply message are inherently trusted by the controller. that can result in Denial of Service, Unauthorized Access, Network Instability. This attack appear to be exploitable via Network connectivity: the attacker must first establish a transport connection with the OpenFlow controller and then initiate the OpenFlow handshake.