Improper Input Validation Affecting openvswitch-test package, versions <0:2.7.2-1.git20170719.el7fdp
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-OPENVSWITCHTEST-3625748
- published26 Mar 2023
- disclosed26 May 2017
Introduced: 26 May 2017
CVE-2017-9263 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 openvswitch-test 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-test package and not the openvswitch-test 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.