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


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.28% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1704-OPENVSWITCH-278699
  • published29 May 2017
  • disclosed29 May 2017

Introduced: 29 May 2017

CVE-2017-9265  (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 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.