Improper Input Validation Affecting openvswitch-devel package, versions <0:2.7.2-1.git20170719.el7fdp


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-OPENVSWITCHDEVEL-3625722
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed26 May 2017

Introduced: 26 May 2017

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 openvswitch-devel to version 0:2.7.2-1.git20170719.el7fdp or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:2418.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openvswitch-devel package and not the openvswitch-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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.