Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting openvswitch-devel package, versions <0:2.7.2-1.git20170719.el7fdp
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- published26 Mar 2023
- disclosed3 Mar 2017
Introduced: 3 Mar 2017
CVE-2017-9264 (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 lib/conntrack.c in the firewall implementation in Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.6.1, there is a buffer over-read while parsing malformed TCP, UDP, and IPv6 packets in the functions extract_l3_ipv6, extract_l4_tcp, and extract_l4_udp that can be triggered remotely.