Out-of-bounds Read Affecting python-openvswitch package, versions <0:2.9.0-70.el7fdp.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PYTHONOPENVSWITCH-3614011
  • published1 Nov 2021
  • disclosed25 Sept 2018

Introduced: 25 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-17206  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 python-openvswitch to version 0:2.9.0-70.el7fdp.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:3500.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.x through 2.7.6. The decode_bundle function inside lib/ofp-actions.c is affected by a buffer over-read issue during BUNDLE action decoding.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1