Out-of-bounds Read Affecting openvswitch package, versions <2.6.1-0ubuntu5.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1704-OPENVSWITCH-278694
  • published29 May 2017
  • disclosed29 May 2017

Introduced: 29 May 2017

CVE-2017-9264  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:17.04 openvswitch to version 2.6.1-0ubuntu5.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openvswitch package and not the openvswitch package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:17.04 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.