Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting python-openvswitch 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
1.28% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PYTHONOPENVSWITCH-3625700
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed26 May 2017

Introduced: 26 May 2017

CVE-2017-9265  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 python-openvswitch 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 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.

In Open vSwitch (OvS) v2.7.0, there is a buffer over-read while parsing the group mod OpenFlow message sent from the controller in lib/ofp-util.c in the function ofputil_pull_ofp15_group_mod.